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

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

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...

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

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.

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.

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...

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

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

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

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

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.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you...

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

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...