Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes, Thoughts and images

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to peaceful nonexistence?

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

the worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren't worth the truth.

There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.

Everything comes to us from others. To Be is to belong to someone.

We make our own hell out of the people around us.

We do not judge the people we love.

Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

In love, one and one are one.

To choose not to choose is still to act.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Words are loaded pistols.

Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.

Nothingness haunts Being.

Commitment is an act, not a word.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

I respect orders but I respect myself too and I do not obey foolish rules made especially to humiliate me.

Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

Death is a continuation of my life without me.

Life gave me everything I asked If all I asked was not a great deal, that's my problem!

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

Man is what he wills himself to be.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.

A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without Evil.