39 Quotes By Jean-Paul Sartre


As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
Jean-Paul Sartre on men

I do not believe in God his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.
Jean-Paul Sartre on men

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.
Jean-Paul Sartre on men

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
Jean-Paul Sartre on nature

Every age has its own poetry in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.
Jean-Paul Sartre on poetry

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.
Jean-Paul Sartre on politics

I hate victims who respect their executioners.
Jean-Paul Sartre on respect

I do not believe in God his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.
Jean-Paul Sartre on science

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.
Jean-Paul Sartre on science

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
Jean-Paul Sartre on time

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
Jean-Paul Sartre on trust

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.
Jean-Paul Sartre on truth

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
Jean-Paul Sartre on truth

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
Jean-Paul Sartre on war

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.
Jean-Paul Sartre on war

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
Jean-Paul Sartre on women

The best work is not what is most difficult for you it is what you do best.
Jean-Paul Sartre on work

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
Jean-Paul Sartre on freedom

The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.
Jean-Paul Sartre on human