You see, I’m fond of teasing, it’s a second nature with me – and I’m used to teasing myself. Plaguing myself, if you prefer; I don’t tease nicely.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Self Humor, Teasing Behavior, Personality, Conflict, Humor
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“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Hourglass Life, Gained Clarity, Time Perspective, Wisdom, Aging, Reflection
Jean-Paul Sartre Hourglass Life, Gained Clarity, Time Perspective, Wisdom, Aging, Reflection“What is boredom? It is when there is simultaneously too much and not enough.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Boredom, Mental Struggle, Personal Reflection, Boredom, Reflection, Life
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Boredom, Mental Struggle, Personal Reflection, Boredom, Reflection, Life“We make our own hell out of the people around us.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Self-made Hell, Existential Power, Human Interaction, Hell, Society, Control
Jean-Paul Sartre Self-made Hell, Existential Power, Human Interaction, Hell, Society, Control“Faith, even when profound, is never complete. It has to be endlessly sustained or, at least, preserved from destruction.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Incomplete Faith, Sustained Belief, Preservation, Religion, Philosophy, Endurance
Jean-Paul Sartre Incomplete Faith, Sustained Belief, Preservation, Religion, Philosophy, Endurance“I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Accomplice, Soulmates, Betrayal, Friendship, Morality, Loyalty
Jean-Paul Sartre Accomplice, Soulmates, Betrayal, Friendship, Morality, Loyalty“The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Self-definition, Heroism Paradox, Cowardice Choice, Heroism, Cowardice, Self
Jean-Paul Sartre Self-definition, Heroism Paradox, Cowardice Choice, Heroism, Cowardice, Self“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
Jean-Paul Sartre Nebulous Thoughts, Unattached Words, Vague Shapes, Memory, Philosophy, Reflection“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
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Duty, Personal Undertakings, Human Purpose, Identity, Life, Choice“Her eyes stare at me but she seems not to see me; she looks as though she were lost in her suffering.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Suffering Eyes, Emotional Distance, Unseen Presence, Suffering, Loneliness, Loss
Jean-Paul Sartre Suffering Eyes, Emotional Distance, Unseen Presence, Suffering, Loneliness, Loss“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
Jean-Paul Sartre Freedom Identity, Choice Destiny, Life, Self, Control“But the end is there, transforming everything. For us, the man is already the hero of the story. His moroseness, his money troubles are much more precious than ours, they are all gilded by the light of future passions.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Transformation, Human Story, Future Reflection, Transformation, Story, Future
Jean-Paul Sartre Existential Transformation, Human Story, Future Reflection, Transformation, Story, Future“Before beginning this treatise, he wanted the advice of The Baboon, his philosophy prof. “Excuse me, sir,” he said at the end of a class, “could anyone claim that we don’t exist?” The Baboon said no. “Goghito,” he said, “ergo zum. You exist because you doubt your existence.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosophical Doubt, Existential Inquiry, Reality Questioning, Doubt, Existence, Philosophy
Jean-Paul Sartre Philosophical Doubt, Existential Inquiry, Reality Questioning, Doubt, Existence, Philosophy“Respectable society believed in God in order to avoid having to speak about him.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Religious Society, Social Faith, Moral Deception, Religion, Society, Faith
Jean-Paul Sartre Religious Society, Social Faith, Moral Deception, Religion, Society, Faith“My odd feelings of the other week seem to me quite ridiculous today: I can no longer enter into them.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Odd Feelings, Emotional Distance, Time Change, Reflection, Memory, Perspective
Jean-Paul Sartre Odd Feelings, Emotional Distance, Time Change, Reflection, Memory, Perspective“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“As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Potential, Human Growth, Ambition, Self Improvement, Identity, Philosophy
Jean-Paul Sartre Potential, Human Growth, Ambition, Self Improvement, Identity, Philosophy“The recruit who reports for active duty at the beginning of the war can in some instances be afraid of death, but more often he is ‘afraid of being afraid’; that is, he is filled with anguish before himself.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Fear Of Death, Self Anguish, War Courage, Anxiety, War, Fear
Jean-Paul Sartre Fear Of Death, Self Anguish, War Courage, Anxiety, War, Fear“I glance around the room. What a comedy! All these people sitting there, looking serious, eating. No, they aren’t eating: they are recuperating in order to successfully finish their tasks. Each one of them has his little personal difficulty which keeps him from noticing that he exists; there isn’t one of them who doesn’t believe himself indispensable to something or someone.” Jean-Paul Sartre
Human Comedy, Existential Routine, Indispensable Illusion, Observation, Seriousness, Reflection
Jean-Paul Sartre Human Comedy, Existential Routine, Indispensable Illusion, Observation, Seriousness, Reflection