“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.”
Age
“Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.”
TimeAll Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre
“Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.”
Freedom“I hate victims who respect their executioners.”
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.”
God“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.”
War“One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.”
Death“It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.”
Men“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.”
Women“The best work is not what is most difficult for you it is what you do best.”
Best“The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.”
Finance“I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.”
God“Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.”
Intelligence“Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.”
Politics“When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.”
War“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”
Life“God is absence. God is the solitude of man.”
God“Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.”
Fear“Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.”
Dreams“There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.”
Alone“We do not judge the people we love.”
Love