841 Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

This is what I mean when I say that man is condemned to be free: condemned, because he did not create himself, yet nonetheless free, because once cast into the world, he is responsible for everything that he does.

All these objects... how can I explain? They inconvenienced me; I would have liked the to exist less strongly, more dryly, in a more abstract way, with more reserve.

Културата не спасява нищо и никого, нито пък осмисля. Но е дело на човека - той се отразява в нея, разпознава се; единствено тя е критичното огледало, което му предлага неговия образ.

Man lives in the midst of images. Literature offers him a critical image of himself.

I know very well that I don't want to do anything: to do something is to create existence—and there's quite enough existence as it is.

We are our choices.

Wiem bardzo dobrze, że nie chcę nic robić: czynić cokolwiek to stwarzać istnienie – a jest i tak wiele istnienia.

This instant which I cannot leave, which locks me in and limits me on every side, this instant I am made of will be no more than a confused dream.

Man is fully responsible for his nature, choices and lifestyle.