Existence precedes and rules essence.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I...

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I...

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of...

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a...

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by...

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we...

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a...

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity

The greatest justice in life is to be who one is.

The greatest justice in life is to be who one is.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

When you can't believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything...

When you can't believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything...