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
kings men soul
Aegistheus, the kings have another secret.... Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men and to them alone to let him flee or to destroy him.
subjectivity humans universe
Il n'y a pas d'autre univers qu'un univers humain, l'univers de la subjectivite humaine. There is no other universe except the human universe, the universe of human subjectivity.
deeds no-love
There is no love apart from the deeds of love; no potentiality of love other than that which is manifested in loving.
love-is overcoming spite
To love is never just to love since it is also to will to love, and ... to love in spite of oneself, to allow oneself to be overcome by one's love.
commitment perspective worry
He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. Commitment is an act, not a word.
assassins revolutionary good-enough
Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries; they are just good enough to be assassins.
country police monsters
Either the USSR was not the country of socialism, in which case socialism didn't exist anywhere and doubtless, wasn't possible: or else, socialism was that, this abominable monster, this police state, the power of beasts of prey
ideas doe slips
One does not adopt a new idea, one slips into it.
problem deals ifs
Life gave me everything I asked If all I asked was not a great deal, that's my problem!
struggle party mean
The [Communist] Party has one objective: the creation of a socialist economy; and one means: the utilization of the class struggle.
world want bed
If you want to deserve Hell, you need only stay in bed. The world is iniquity; if you accept it, you are an accomplice, if you change it you are an executioner.
mistake people together
Criminals together. We're in hell, my little friend, and there's never any mistake there. People are not damned for nothing.
possibility advantage can-do
All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can.
responsibility responsible
I am responsible for everything... except my very responsibility.