Un homme n’est rien d’autre qu’une série d’entreprises. A man is no other than a series of undertakings.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Duty, Personal Undertakings, Human Purpose, Identity, Life, Choice
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More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
“All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosophy Agreement, Society Discussion, Truth, Life, Thought
Jean-Paul Sartre Philosophy Agreement, Society Discussion, Truth, Life, Thought“In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing. No doubt this thought may seem harsh to someone who has not made a success of his life. But on the other hand, it helps people to understand that reality alone counts, and that dreams, expectations and hopes only serve to define a man as a broken dream, aborted hopes, and futile expectations.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Commitment, Personal Reflection, Life Success, Reality, Success, Dreams
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Commitment, Personal Reflection, Life Success, Reality, Success, Dreams“You are – your life, and nothing else.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Truth, Personal Identity, Life’s Meaning, Life, Self, Existence
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Truth, Personal Identity, Life’s Meaning, Life, Self, Existence“One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are – your life, and nothing else.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Life’s Finality, Existential Reflection, Death’s Certainty, Life, Death, Meaning
Jean-Paul Sartre Life’s Finality, Existential Reflection, Death’s Certainty, Life, Death, Meaning“From time to time I yawn so widely that tears roll down my cheek.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Tiredness Emotion, Physical Reaction, Self Reflection, Expression, Tears, Yawn
Jean-Paul Sartre Tiredness Emotion, Physical Reaction, Self Reflection, Expression, Tears, Yawn“A human being who wakened in the morning with a queasy stomach, with fifteen hours to kill before next bedtime, had not much use for freedom.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Freedom’s Burden, Daily Struggle, Life Monotony, Existential Reflection, Human Routine, Life Constraints
Jean-Paul Sartre Freedom’s Burden, Daily Struggle, Life Monotony, Existential Reflection, Human Routine, Life Constraints“To exist is simply to he there; those who exist let themselves be encountered, but you can never deduce anything from them.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Simplicity, Self-encounter, Passive Existence, Existence, Self, Simplicity
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Simplicity, Self-encounter, Passive Existence, Existence, Self, Simplicity“The existent individual, as Kierkegaard defines him, is first of all he who is in an infinite relationship with himself and has an infinite interest in himself and his destiny. Secondly, the existent individual always feels himself to be in Becoming, with a task before him;.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Identity, Self-interest, Personal Becoming, Identity, Becoming, Philosophy
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Identity, Self-interest, Personal Becoming, Identity, Becoming, Philosophy“Those who hide their complete freedom from themselves out of a spirit of seriousness or by means of deterministic excuses, I shall call cowards; those who try to show that their existence was necessary, when it is the very contingency of man’s appearance on earth, I shall call stinkers. But cowards or stinkers can be judged only from a strictly unbiased point of view.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Freedom Denial, Existential Cowardice, Personal Judgment, Freedom, Existence, Judgment
Jean-Paul Sartre Freedom Denial, Existential Cowardice, Personal Judgment, Freedom, Existence, Judgment“This then is the age of reason.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Age Of Reason, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Thought, Reason, Philosophy, Thought
Jean-Paul Sartre Age Of Reason, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Thought, Reason, Philosophy, Thought“I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Truth, Self-loathing, Existential Nausea, Existence, Nausea, Self
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Truth, Self-loathing, Existential Nausea, Existence, Nausea, Self“For the time being I have seen enough of living things, of dogs, of men, of all flabby masses which move spontaneously.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Living Things, Existential Disgust, Observational Reflection, Humanity, Motion, Life
Jean-Paul Sartre Living Things, Existential Disgust, Observational Reflection, Humanity, Motion, Life“To be responsible is to be the uncontested author of an event or thing.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Responsibility Truth, Authorial Control, Existential Accountability, Responsibility, Control, Event
Jean-Paul Sartre Responsibility Truth, Authorial Control, Existential Accountability, Responsibility, Control, Event“What never vary are the necessities of being in the world, of having to labor and to die there.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Life Necessities, Work Mortality, Existential Reality, Labor, Survival, Philosophy
Jean-Paul Sartre Life Necessities, Work Mortality, Existential Reality, Labor, Survival, Philosophy“In any case, if you ever leave me with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me because, let me warn you: that is not what will prevent me from deceiving you, if I want to. On the contrary.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Trust Betrayal, Personal Deception, Human Nature, Trust, Betrayal, Power
Jean-Paul Sartre Trust Betrayal, Personal Deception, Human Nature, Trust, Betrayal, Power“Things are bad! Things are very bad: I have it, the filth, the Nausea.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Nausea, Personal Crisis, Internal Struggle, Nausea, Crisis, Struggle
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Nausea, Personal Crisis, Internal Struggle, Nausea, Crisis, Struggle“I do not think therefore I am a moustache.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Paradox, Self Reflection, Absurd Thought, Philosophy, Identity, Thought
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Paradox, Self Reflection, Absurd Thought, Philosophy, Identity, Thought