I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Pure Love, Good Evil, Moral Complexity, Hatred, Philosophy, Conflict
Jean-Paul Sartre’s Quotes On Topics
Death Isolation | Human Freedom | Resignation | Creative Expression | Judgment | Game Strategy | Event | Writing Identity | Human Cowardice | Perception Distortion | Creative Outlet | Personal Will | Total War | Personal Religion | Tears | Moment Awareness | Rancor Release | Social Disconnect | Human Narratives | Personal Observation | More
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
“Those who want to be loved, must want the freedom of the other, because love emerges from it, if I subject it, it becomes an object, and from an object I cannot receive love.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Love Freedom, Existential Love, Personal Growth, Love, Freedom, Growth
Jean-Paul Sartre Love Freedom, Existential Love, Personal Growth, Love, Freedom, Growth“Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Time Flow, Expanding Emptiness, Existential Reflection, Change, Observation, Void
Jean-Paul Sartre Time Flow, Expanding Emptiness, Existential Reflection, Change, Observation, Void“I scraped my heel against this black claw: I wanted to peel off some of the bark. For no reason at all, out of defiance, to make the bare pink appear absurd on the tanned leather: to play with the absurdity of the world. But, when I drew my heel back, I saw that the bark was still black.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Defiance, Absurdity Play, Reflection Struggle, Defiance, Absurdity, Reflection
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Defiance, Absurdity Play, Reflection Struggle, Defiance, Absurdity, Reflection“All was fullness and all was active, there was no weakness in time, all, even the least perceptible stirring, was made of existence. And all these existents which bustled about this tree came from nowhere and were going nowhere.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Fullness, Time Reflection, Active Existence, Fullness, Time, Existence
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Fullness, Time Reflection, Active Existence, Fullness, Time, Existence“Nothingness haunts Being.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Nothingness, Being Reflection, Philosophical Struggle, Nothingness, Being, Struggle
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Nothingness, Being Reflection, Philosophical Struggle, Nothingness, Being, Struggle“The Intellectual is someone who meddles in what does not concern him.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Intellectual Reflection, Existential Critique, Social Commentary, Intellectual, Critique, Commentary
Jean-Paul Sartre Intellectual Reflection, Existential Critique, Social Commentary, Intellectual, Critique, Commentary“Abjection is a methodological conversion, like Cartesian doubt and Husserlian epoche: it establishes the world as a closed system which consciousness regards from without, in the manner of divine understanding.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Abjection, Philosophical Reflection, Consciousness Study, Abjection, Consciousness, Philosophy
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Abjection, Philosophical Reflection, Consciousness Study, Abjection, Consciousness, Philosophy“Aku suka menyadari betapa kerasnya buku bertahan, tidak pernah mau takluk begitu saja padaku; aku jadi terpedaya, capai, tetapi aku amat menikmati ambiguitas posisiku: “mengerti tetapi tidak mengerti”.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Book Struggle, Ambiguous Position, Self-awareness, Books, Identity, Ambiguity
Jean-Paul Sartre Book Struggle, Ambiguous Position, Self-awareness, Books, Identity, Ambiguity“There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Present Beauty, Time, Beauty, Life, Moment, Experience
Jean-Paul Sartre Present Beauty, Time, Beauty, Life, Moment, Experience“Introspection is always retrospection.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Inner Reflection, Past Analysis, Thought Philosophy, Memory, Observation, Self
Jean-Paul Sartre Inner Reflection, Past Analysis, Thought Philosophy, Memory, Observation, Self“Acting is happy agony.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Performance Struggles, Emotional Expression, Acting, Pain, Joy, Agony
Jean-Paul Sartre Performance Struggles, Emotional Expression, Acting, Pain, Joy, Agony“You might think that there’s some authority you could look for to answers, but all of the authorities you can think of are fake.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Authority Questioning, Existential Truth, Personal Belief, Authority, Truth, Belief
Jean-Paul Sartre Authority Questioning, Existential Truth, Personal Belief, Authority, Truth, Belief“The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Talent Recognition, Personal Strength, Mastery, Work, Excellence, Focus
Jean-Paul Sartre Talent Recognition, Personal Strength, Mastery, Work, Excellence, Focus“If you want to deserve Hell, you need only stay in bed. The world is iniquity; if you accept it, you are an accomplice, if you change it you are an executioner.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Moral Responsibility, Existential Choice, World’s Iniquity, Hell, Accomplice, Change
Jean-Paul Sartre Moral Responsibility, Existential Choice, World’s Iniquity, Hell, Accomplice, Change“The status of ‘native’ is a nervous condition introduced and maintained by the settler among colonized people with their consent.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Colonial Condition, Social Injustice, Power Dynamics, Native, Settler, Oppression
Jean-Paul Sartre Colonial Condition, Social Injustice, Power Dynamics, Native, Settler, Oppression“On this Earth that bleeds, all joy is obscene, and all happy men must live alone.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Human Suffering, Solitude’s Truth, Joy’s Obscenity, Happiness, Alienation, Life
Jean-Paul Sartre Human Suffering, Solitude’s Truth, Joy’s Obscenity, Happiness, Alienation, Life“Atheistic existentialism, which I represent, is more coherent. It states that if God does not exist, there is at least one being in whom existence precedes essence, a being who exists before he can be defined by any concept, and that this being is man, or, as Heidegger says, human reality.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Atheistic Existentialism, Human Existence, Philosophical Reflection, Existentialism, Philosophy, Human
Jean-Paul Sartre Atheistic Existentialism, Human Existence, Philosophical Reflection, Existentialism, Philosophy, Human“Finally, it is worth mentioning, in the interest of thoroughness, that the defeat exasperated the conflict between generations. For four years the combatants of 1914 reproached those of 1940 for having lost the war, and those of 1940, in reply, accused their elders of having lost the peace.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Generational Conflict, War Defeat, Historical Rivalry, War, Conflict, Generations
Jean-Paul Sartre Generational Conflict, War Defeat, Historical Rivalry, War, Conflict, Generations