Jean-Paul Sartre: Citations en anglais (Page 5)

“Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.”

“There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, "now what?”

“Life has no meaning, the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.”

“Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough.”

“In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.”

“your judgement judges you and defines you”

“I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don't know how many consciences.”

“If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.”

“It is only in our decisions that we are important.”

“To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head”

“Life is a useless passion.”

“I said to myself, 'I want to die decently'.”

“The aim of language… is to communicate… to impart to others the results one has obtained… As I talk, I reveal the situation… I reveal it to myself and to others in order to change it.”

“Existence is prior to essence.”

“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness and dies by chance.”

“I am myself and I am here.”

“Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.”

“I confused things with their names: that is belief.”

“I do not think therefore I am a moustache”