Jean-Paul Sartre - Upon refusing the Nobel Prize, Oct. 22, 1964

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.
Jean-Paul Sartre
In love, one and one are one.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
Jean-Paul Sartre
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean-Paul Sartre
To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Closed Doors (1944)
Hell is other people.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Everything has been figured out except how to live.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Being and Nothingness (1943)
Existence precedes and rules essence.
Jean-Paul Sartre
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.

- Jean-Paul Sartre - Upon refusing the Nobel Prize, Oct. 22, 1964