Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

We do not judge the people we love.

We do not judge the people we love.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not...

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

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...

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look...

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...

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...

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

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...

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.

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...

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...

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

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.