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
philosophical doe cry
That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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.
victory deep-thought details
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.
powerful commitment silence
Because the Nazi venom worked its way even into our thoughts, every accurate thought was a conquest; because an all-powerful police sought to force us into silence every word became as precious as a declaration of principle; because we were persecuted, each of our gestures carried the weight of a commitment.
reflection ideas pairs
Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.
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.
two people leader
There are two ways of destroying a people. Either condemn them en bloc or force them to repudiate the leaders they adopted. The second is the worse.
philosophical weakness reason
Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident
sex character endeavor
Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.
assassins poor good-journalism
Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.
french-philosopher longer
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.