Through the lack of attaching myself to words, my thoughts remain nebulous most of the time. They sketch vague, pleasant shapes and then are swallowed up; I forget them almost immediately.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nebulous Thoughts, Unattached Words, Vague Shapes, Memory, Philosophy, Reflection
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More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
“What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Justice, Human Responsibility, Religion, Philosophy, Ethics, God
Jean-Paul Sartre Justice, Human Responsibility, Religion, Philosophy, Ethics, God“Nothingness carries being in its heart.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Truth, Being’s Paradox, Nihilism’s Essence, Nothingness, Being, Philosophy
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Truth, Being’s Paradox, Nihilism’s Essence, Nothingness, Being, Philosophy“I wanted to be missed, like water, like bread, like air, by all other people in all other places.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Desire, Human Need, Personal Reflection, Desire, Need, Reflection
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Desire, Human Need, Personal Reflection, Desire, Need, Reflection“Revolutionary man must be a contingent being, unjustifiable but free, entirely immersed in the society that oppresses him, but capable of transcending this society by his effort to change it. Idealism mystifies him in that it binds him by rights and values that are already given; it conceals from him his power to devise roads of his own. But materialism also mystifies him, by depriving him of his freedom. The revolutionary philosophy must be a philosophy of transcendence.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Revolutionary Philosophy, Social Change, Existential Freedom, Revolution, Change, Freedom
Jean-Paul Sartre Revolutionary Philosophy, Social Change, Existential Freedom, Revolution, Change, Freedom“I realized that there was no half-way house between non-existence and this flaunting abundance. If you existed, you had to exist all the way, as far as mouldiness, bloatedness, obscenity were concerned.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Abundance, Life Extremes, Personal Realization, Life, Existence, Extremes
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Abundance, Life Extremes, Personal Realization, Life, Existence, Extremes“So much torture, bloodshed, deceit. You cannot make your young people practice torture twenty-four hours a day and not expect to pay a price for it.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Moral Consequences, Social Corruption, Ethical Reflection, Morality, Torture, Consequences
Jean-Paul Sartre Moral Consequences, Social Corruption, Ethical Reflection, Morality, Torture, Consequences“Man is always separated from what he is by all the breadth of the being which he is not. He makes himself known to himself from the other side of the world and he looks from the horizon toward himself to recover his inner being.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Self Separation, Existential Distance, Inner Recovery, Self, Distance, Being
Jean-Paul Sartre Self Separation, Existential Distance, Inner Recovery, Self, Distance, Being“The world would get along very well without literature. It would get along even better without man.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Critique, Humanity’s Impact, Literature’s Role, World, Man, Art
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Critique, Humanity’s Impact, Literature’s Role, World, Man, Art“To choose this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Moral Choice, Existential Affirmation, Ethical Reflection, Choice, Ethics, Good
Jean-Paul Sartre Moral Choice, Existential Affirmation, Ethical Reflection, Choice, Ethics, Good“These young people amaze me; drinking their coffee, they tell clear, plausible stories. If you ask them what they did yesterday, they don’t get flustered; they tell you all about it in a few words. If I were in their place, I’d start stammering. It’s true that for a long time now nobody has bothered how I spend my time. When you live alone, you even forget what it is to tell a story : plausibility disappears at the same time as friends.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Youth Clarity, Social Behavior, Personal Isolation, Youth, Life, Solitude
Jean-Paul Sartre Youth Clarity, Social Behavior, Personal Isolation, Youth, Life, Solitude“The revolution you dream of is not ours. You don’t want to change the world; you want to blow it up.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Dreamed Revolution, Destructive Change, Existential Critique, Social Philosophy, Personal Reflection, World Alteration
Jean-Paul Sartre Dreamed Revolution, Destructive Change, Existential Critique, Social Philosophy, Personal Reflection, World Alteration“Remember, Orestes: you were part of my herd, you grazed in the fields along with my sheep. Your liberty is nothing but a mange eating away at you, it is nothing but an exile.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Liberty Struggle, Existential Exile, Human Condition, Liberty, Exile, Struggle
Jean-Paul Sartre Liberty Struggle, Existential Exile, Human Condition, Liberty, Exile, Struggle“When she was in Djibouti and I was in Aden, and I used to go and see her for twenty-four hours, she managed to multiply the misunderstandings between us until there were exactly sixty minutes before I had to leave; sixty minutes, just long enough to make you feel the seconds passing one by one.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Relationship Misunderstandings, Time Pressure, Existential Love, Time, Love, Misunderstanding
Jean-Paul Sartre Relationship Misunderstandings, Time Pressure, Existential Love, Time, Love, Misunderstanding“Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Human Relationships, Gender Differences, Complementary Traits, Sex, Collaboration, Human Potential
Jean-Paul Sartre Human Relationships, Gender Differences, Complementary Traits, Sex, Collaboration, Human Potential“If I didn’t try to assume responsibility for my own existence, it would seem utterly absurd to go on existing.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Responsibility, Personal Growth, Life Purpose, Existence, Absurdity, Choice
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Responsibility, Personal Growth, Life Purpose, Existence, Absurdity, Choice“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
Jean-Paul Sartre Time Existence, Fate, Life, Repetition, Reflection, Memory“When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Love Priorities, Humanity Conflict, Child Animal, Compassion, Sacrifice, Love
Jean-Paul Sartre Love Priorities, Humanity Conflict, Child Animal, Compassion, Sacrifice, Love“A man rarely feels like laughing alone.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Laughter, Solitude, Human Connection, Happiness, Emotions, Social
Jean-Paul Sartre Laughter, Solitude, Human Connection, Happiness, Emotions, Social