I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer...

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at...

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for...

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole...

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but...

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but...

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

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...

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

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...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

I don't consider myself as the best player in the world. I'm not obsessed with...

I don't consider myself as the best player in the world. I'm not obsessed with...

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern...

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.