Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

“Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.”

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”

“In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.”

“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”

“Life begins on the other side of despair.”

“The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person.”

“The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.”

“Because we can imagine, we are free.”

“We are possessed by the things we possess. When I like an object, I always give it to someone. It isn't generosity-it's only because I want others to be enslaved by objects, not me.”

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

“To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.”

“Commitment is an act, not a word.”