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List of Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 464 inspiring quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre.

About Jean-Paul Sartre

  • Born: June 21, 1905
  • Died: April 15, 1980
  • Occupation: Philosopher
    • The way, applicable in our non-revolutionary societies, to prepare for the time when everyone will read, is to pose problems in the most radical and intransigent manner. this is what alain badiou has just done in almagestes, where he puts language on trial with an intention of cleansing, of catharsis.
    Done Trials Way
    In the state i was in, if someone had come and told me i could go home quietly, that they would leave me my life whole, it would have left me cold: several hours or several years of waiting is all the same when you have lost the illusion of being eternal.
    Home Years Waiting
    This [service to oppressed] is the writer's task, and, if he fulfills it as he should, he acquires no merit from it.
    Merit Tasks Should
    All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
    Fate Principles Action
    [contemporary writer] could be a kind of [samuel] beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair.
    Despair Kind Beckett
    I think [alain robbe-grillet] a good writer, but he speaks to the comfortable bourgeoisie.
    Thinking Bourgeoisie Speak
    I should wish [alain robbe-grillet] to realize that guinea exists.
    Wish Realizing Guinea
    I don't know. everything. living. smoking.
    Smoking Knows
    I receive letters from workers, from secretaries. . . . they are the most interesting ones.
    Interesting Letters Workers
    The form [of literature] matters little to me, classical or not.
    Littles Matter Literature
    I say a murder is abstract. you pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.
    Philosophical Murder Abstract
    With a little luck that epoch may arrive. i am on the side of those who think that things will go better when the world has changed.
    Thinking Luck May
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