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

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

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...

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which...

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

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...

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

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...

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to...

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

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...

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of...

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of...

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of...

The trial of a case is a three legged stool: a judge and two advocates.

The trial of a case is a three legged stool: a judge and two advocates.