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
heart kissing blow
To whomever gives a kiss or a blow Render a kiss or blow But to whomever gives when you are unable to return Offer all the hatred in your heart For you were slaves and he enslaves you
farewell pride men
It is no longer possible to escape men. Farewell to the monsters, farewell to the saints. Farewell to pride. All that is left is men.
pride law punishment
But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that you have committed your life with one throw of the die, once and for all, and there is nothing you can do but tug our crime along until your death. Such is the law, just and unjust, of repentance. Then we will see what will become of your young pride.
time real existential
The real nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, all that was not present did not exist.
truth opposites stories
As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.
party mean power
What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never useit for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one objective: power.
reflection consciousness pale
A pale reflection of myself wavers in my consciousness...and suddenly the “I” pales, pales, and fades out.
hate men odd
it was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.
damage harm oneself
One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.
adventure order achieve
Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn't let itself be extended it achieves significance only through its death.
memories cutting men
Love or hatred calls for self-surrender. He cuts a fine figure, the warm-blooded, prosperous man, solidly entrenched in his well-being, who one fine day surrenders all to love—or to hatred; himself, his house, his land, his memories.
party men practice
I do not give a damn about the dead. They died for the [Communist] Party and the Party can decide what it wants. I practice a live man's politics, for the living.
sheep liberty fields
Remember, Orestes: you were part of my herd, you grazed in the fields along with my sheep. Your liberty is nothing but a mange eating away at you, it is nothing but an exile.
soul absence superb
Yes, I am so free. And what a superb absence is my soul.