Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre, popularly known as Jean Paule, was a french philosopher, novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of the 20th century and also of the Marxism times. He was a well-known figure in Existentialism and Phenomenology. He acts as a great influencer in different disciplines like sociology, literary studies, and critical theory. Some of his notable ideas are: Bad Faith, Existence precedes essence and many more. Many philosophers also criticized him regarding his theories. Many philosophers believe that Jean makes the metaphysical argument. He was a well-known philosopher of his time with a different school of thought.
Jean Paule Sartre wrote his autobiography titled Sartre by Himself in the year 1959. Sartre had an incredible imagination. All his plays are symbolic in nature and conveyed a deep meaning with these symbols. Jean believes in learning things through their life experiences. In contrast, the concept of both individuality and authenticity is all about earning it, not learning. Apart from this, he formulated a great many concepts in the philosophical world in the twentieth century. Below are some of the famous Jean Paule Sartre Quotes in English.
If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.
Being alone is a skill. When you are alone, you gain more maturity and independence. When you are alone, you feel different negative vibes. Living alone makes you stronger. Thus, the more you're in peace and love with yourself, the better your own company will be. Spend some quality time with yourself, show yourself some love, and practice monologue with yourself, whether in speech, writing, or thought.
Hell is—other people!
Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.
We all have the freedom to do what is done to us or have the freedom to do what defines us. Freedom to make us demeaning, ugly, or have the freedom to make a clear perspective of ourselves. We have the power to get a more realistic outlook on the day ahead.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.
We are alone in this life; we need to choose our purpose of life by ourselves. This includes the consequences of our choices as well. We can't escape from that responsibility because if we try to do so, we fall into another trap of bad faith or self-deception. We need to take control of our lives and define the meaning of our life by ourselves.
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
This means that you need to choose the ways of your life by yourself, stand on your life principles. Stand up and be a human with principles. Live and defend your principles.
We are our choices.
This simple and beautiful quote means that everything in your life is only the reflection of your thoughts and the ways of your thinking. Your life is all about the choices you make, the actions you take, and the words you say.
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When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.
This quote is from medieval times when the rich people waged wars and the poor were soldiers. Wealthy people sometimes get away from the fight while poor people have to obey the rich and face the wrath of the war started by the rich.
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
This quote means that three in the morning is too early to do your work because everyone is still sleeping at that time. Three in the afternoon is also too late as at that time everyone has finished their work and would like to take a break. You need to decide your time to do the work.
There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
This quote means that when you look forth, look back, or close, there may be more beautiful times, more spiritual times, more magical times but this small moment in the history of the universe, is ours. And let's do everything within it before it passes away.
You are -- your life, and nothing else.
this quote means that this life out there is your not anyone else. You need to think about the purpose of your life. There is nothing else out there except you and your life.
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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
This quote means that idea of living is not waste if you are not pursuing freedom. People think of life that this is the way of living life and all the things are certain and don't accept the alternate option for living life. These people are ultimately living in bad faith. First, figure out how you want to live and achieve your ways of living.
Life begins on the other side of despair.
This quote means that life is all about moving away from complete loss or despair to live a happy and prosperous life. Suffering from bad times are always coming up with the good days, away from despair.
All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
This quote means that all that we do in our life, we learn from our past experiences or events. We know how to react in the situation. Every event and experience gives us a valuable understanding.
Like all dreamers, I confuse disenchantment with truth.
This quote means that people understand things in the way they feel about them, but the truth is different from what it feels like.
Words are loaded pistols.
This means that words refer to as loaded pistols and the thoughts as the pistols. When people speak, they shoot out the words. Thoughts are something we think and evaluate, while words are the conclusion of our thoughts. Therefore, words are concluded as the loaded pistol.
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In love, one and one are one.
This quote means that love is the single biggest and strongest emotion ever. Love is blind and a powerful emotion of human which makes to believe in anything.
Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
This quote means that you got no idea about someone's suffering inside it. In the whole world, there are smiling faces look likes happiness all around. But the reality is different; everyone is filled with jealousy, sadness, and other negative vibes.
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
This quote means that when we want to explain who we are, the right thing is we are exactly the same as what we want to be. Ideally, no man can be perfect. If you want to be perfect, all things depend on yourself. Be perfect. No one else is controlling it.
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.
This quote means that you live free of your self-fastened shackles and attain great happiness in your life. Only the man itself is responsible for their character and to make their living. Our desires are never-ending, but our perfection in life can be achieved.
Existence is an imperfection.
This quote means that the thing that exists are not perfect, they are imperfect. God, who is perfect, made a creation of man which can never be perfect. All the things that exist on the earth contain a little bit of imperfection.
