Man is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Related We are alone, with no excuses. That is the idea I shall try to convey when I say that man is condemn... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becom... GIACOMO CASANOVA A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Man is condemned to be free. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE A man can be himself only so long as he is alone;
if he does not love solitude, he will not love fre... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is alway... HANNAH ARENDT Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ... SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota... FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE I like to find old things and I picked up that arrowhead in tears, that broken point ... LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more... FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ... FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa... HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re... HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin... HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act. HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods. HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ... HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties. HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university. HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have... HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. VOLTAIRE A disciple can be forgiven if he does not have great mental ability. He can be forgiven also if he d... WILLIAM MACDONALD It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that positio... RAMANA MAHARSHI When we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for hi... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does... CHIEF SEATTLE Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he do... CHIEF SEATTLE The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His in... JULES VERNE Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, an... ALEXANDRE DUMAS Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay egg... GEORGE ORWELL Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid..... RAYMOND CHANDLER Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. ... REBECCA HARDING DAVIS If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himse... ALEXANDRE DUMAS If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himse... ALEXANDRE DUMAS PèRE God is not some lesser employee, as many try to make Him out to be: rather He is the ultimate Treasu... 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Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them. ALBERT CAMUS By a man's reaction to Jesus Christ, that man stands revealed. By his reaction to Jesus Christ his h... WILLIAM BARCLAY Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free he is his own trap. L. RON HUBBARD Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free – he is his own trap. L. RON HUBBARD Because the European does not know his own unconscious, he does not understand the East and projects... CARL JUNG Because the European does not know his own unconscious, he does not understand the East and projects... CARL GUSTAV JUNG Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame b... FRANCESCO GUICCIARDINI We have learned, for example, that the more virtuous a man is the more severe is his super-ego, and ... SIGMUND FREUD Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things. 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JEAN-PAUL SARTRE When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE I have crossed the seas, I have left cities behind me, and I have followed the source of rivers... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that ... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE All men are Prophets or else God does not exist. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a c... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE People. You must love people. Men are admirable. I want to vomit—and suddenly, there it is: t... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE You talk a lot about this amazing flow of time but you hardly see it. you see a women, you think tha... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means first of all, man exists, tur... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Better a good journalist than a poor assassin. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE آن جا که تمام جامعه بد است، فقط می توان در مبارزه شرکت ک�... SARTRE JEAN-PAUL Poetry creates the myth, the prose writer draws its portrait. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE At an age when most children are playing hopscotch or with their dolls,you, poor child, who had no f... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE It's your weakness gives them their strength. Mark how they dare not speak to me. A nameless horror ... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Let it crumble! Let the rocks revile me and flowers wilt at my coming. Your whole universe is not en... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Love or hatred calls for self-surrender. He cuts a fine figure, the warm-blooded, prosperous man, so... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE ¿Quieres creer en mí? Te querría entonces más que a mí mismo. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Mientras que tú piensas: agua pura, querida agua pura, solo estaré a medias en este lugar, solo a ... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE You didn't succeed. Well, what of that? There's nothing to prove, you know, and the revolution's not... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Wait a minute, there's a snag somewhere; something disagreeable. Why, now, should it be disagreeable... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Höderer: You don't love men, Hugo. You love only principles. Hugo: Men? Why should I love the... JEAN-PAUL SARTRE