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

Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

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...

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

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...

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which...

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...

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

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

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...

Hell is other people.

Hell is other people.

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...

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.

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.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

God is absence. God is the solitude of man.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible...

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

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

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

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...

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting,...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the...