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
atheist philosophical atheism
She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.
eternity my-time
...I had spent my time counterfeiting eternity...
moving light air
I exist. It is soft, so soft, so slow. And light: it seems as though it suspends in the air. It moves.
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.
judging judgement define-you
your judgement judges you and defines you
suicide ideas solitude
I felt myself in a solitude so frightful that I contemplated suicide. What held me back was the idea that no one, absolutely no one, would be moved by my death, that I would be even more alone in death than in life.
cycling life-is realizing
Handing over a bank note is enough to make a bicycle belong to me, but my entire life is needed to realize this possession.
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.
heart men light
Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.
good-night sleep desire
I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will be swept away.
fighting evil tempted
The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.
solitude littles purity
I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.
infinite finite
No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.
existentialism existence
I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.