~ Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes ~

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Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes


A French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy, existentialism, and Marxism, and his work continues to influence fields such as Marxist philosophy, sociology, critical theory and literary studies. Sartre was also noted for his long polyamorous relationship with the feminist author and social theorist Simone de Beauvoir. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but refused the honour.

Here are some famous quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre. 

Life begins on the other side of despair.

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When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.

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Everything has been figured out except how to live.

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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

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Two people can form a community by excluding a third.

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3 o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

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The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

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Once you hear the details of victory it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

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Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart the gods are powerless against him.

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We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seeded refusal of that which others have made of us.

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The writer is committed when he plunges to the very depths of himself with the intent to disclose not his individuality but his person in the complex society that conditions and supports him.