841 Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner. A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.

The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic.

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

Don't you feel the same way? When I cannot see myself, even though I touch myself, I wonder if I really exist.

I clung to nothing, in a way I was calm. But it was a horrible calm—because of my body; my body, I saw with its eyes, I heard with its ears, but it was no longer me; it sweated and trembled by itself and I didn’t recognize it any more.

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.

I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life.

Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.

When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men.