To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

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.

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.

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.

Acting is happy agony.

Acting is happy agony.

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...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one...

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

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

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is...

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is...

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

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.

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.

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...

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are loaded pistols.

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...

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.

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but...

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give...