What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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 say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do...

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

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.

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against...

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...