About Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre, born on June 21, 1905, in Paris, France, and passed away on April 15, 1980, was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, and political activist. As a leading figure in existentialism and phenomenology, Sartre explored themes of freedom, responsibility, and human existence. His most influential works, including “Being and Nothingness” and “No Exit”, continue to shape modern philosophy and literature.
460 Powerful Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes to Inspire You
Here are 460 Powerful quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre on various topics to inspire you.
1. “You and me are real people, operating in a real world. We are not figments of each other’s imagination. I am the architect of my own self, my own character and destiny. It is no use whingeing about what I might have been, I am the things I have done and nothing more. We are all free, completely free. We can each do any damn thing we want. Which is more than most of us dare to imagine.”
Jean-Paul Sartre
Freedom Identity, Choice Destiny, Life, Self, Control
6. “The cards fall on the woollen cloth, spinning. The hands with ringed fingers come and pick them up, scratching the cloth with their nails. The hands make white splotches on the cloth, they look puffed up and dusty. Other cards fall, the hands go and come. What an odd occupation: it doesn’t look like a game or a rite, or a habit. I think they do it to pass the time, nothing more. But time is too large, it can’t be filled up. Everything you plunge into it is stretched and disintegrates.”
Jean-Paul Sartre Time Existence, Fate, Life, Repetition, Reflection, Memory
19. “We stay silent for a moment. Evening is coming on; I can hardly make out the pale spot of her face. Her black dress melts with the shadow which floods the room. I pick up my cup mechanically, there’s a little tea left in it and I bring it to my lips. The tea is cold. I want to smoke but I don’t dare. I have the terrible feeling that we have nothing more to say to one another.”
Jean-Paul Sartre Silence Evening, Interaction Loneliness, Life, Connection, Emotions
23. “I have never before had such a strong feeling that I was devoid of secret dimensions, confined within the limits of my body, from which airy thoughts float up like bubbles. I build memories with my present self. I am cast out, forsaken in the present: I vainly try to rejoin the past: I cannot escape.”
Jean-Paul Sartre Self Memory, Time Isolation, Past, Present, Mind, Reflection
30. “Arriving in Paris, many English and Americans are surprised to find us less thin than they imagined. They have seen the elegant dresses that appear to be new, the suits which, from afar, still seem fashionable; rarely have they encountered that paleness of face, that bodily decline that normally signifies starvation. Their solicitude, since it has been deceived, turns to rancor: I believe that they are dismayed not to find us conforming to the pathetic image they had formed of us in advance.”
Jean-Paul Sartre Perception Society, Misunderstanding Image, Deception, Identity, Appearance
