Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul-Charles-Aymard Sartrewas a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 June 1905
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes about
suicide men attention
The absurd man will not commit suicide; he wants to live, without relinquishing any of his certainty, without a future, without hope, without illusions … and without resignation either. He stares at death with passionate attention and this fascination liberates him. He experiences the “divine irresponsibility” of the condemned man.
sleep water tree
I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.
fighting evil tempted
The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.
existentialism existence
I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
two people deep-thought
There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.
way existentialism wonder
Don't you feel the same way? When I cannot see myself, even though I touch myself, I wonder if I really exist.
summer june lovely
To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June
honesty integrity character
It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner. A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.
would-be ifs
I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.
mirrors people no-friends
People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?
rocks guy sailing
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
humble modesty virtue
I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.
selfish men unjust
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.
long atheism gone
Atheism is a cruel long term business, and I have gone through it to the end.