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

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Life begins on the other side of despair.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

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.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see...

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...

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who...

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who...

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

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

We do not judge the people we love

We do not judge the people we love

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...

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

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

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

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...