“Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.”

— Jean Paul Sartre

Last update March 15, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes." by Jean Paul Sartre?

Jean Paul Sartre 321

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, sc… 1905–1980

Related quotes

“Seek the Lord In the smiles of your friends, In the glow of angry eyes, In the storms of passion. He is everywhere, in everything.”

Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“The applause of list'ning senates to command,
The threats of pain and ruin to despise,
To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,
And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes.”

Thomas Gray (1716–1771) English poet, historian

St. 16
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=elcc (written 1750, publ. 1751)

“The result of a smile on your face is the blinking of the third eye inside. The Higher Self is satisfied.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”

Matka Tereza (1910–1997) Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin

As quoted in Worldwide Laws of Life : 200 Eternal Spiritual Principles‎ (1998) by John Templeton, p. 448
1990s
Context: Spread love everywhere you go; first of all in your house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.