No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

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Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

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 alent; my sole...

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

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

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...

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.

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?

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.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

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...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey...

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

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.