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I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.

I found the human heart empty and insipid everywhere except in books.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Book, Heart, Empty

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

Jean-Paul Sartre
Heart, Men, Light
Jean-Paul Sartre (1962). “Altona ; Men without shadows ; The flies”

Naturally, in the course of my life I have made lots of mistakes, large and small, for one reason or another, but at the heart of it all, every time I made a mistake it was because I was not radical enough.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Mistake, Heart, Reason
Jean-Paul Sartre (1978). “Sartre in the Seventies: Interviews and Essays”

As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Heart, Mean, Flames

There were days when you peered into yourself, into the secret places of your heart, and what you saw there made you faint with horror. And then, next day, you didn't know what to make of it,you couldn't interpret the horror you had glimpsed the day before. Yes, you know what evil costs.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Fear, Heart, Secret Places
Jean Anouilh, Ugo Betti, Jean-Paul Sartre (1958). “Three European plays: Ring round the moon [by] Jean Anouilh, The queen and the rebels [by] Ugo Betti, In camera [by] Jean-Paul Sartre”

Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Lying, Heart, Worms
Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel Estella Barnes (1992). “Being and Nothingness”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

I have nothing but contempt for you idiotic chosen ones who have the heart to rejoice when there are the damned in Hell and the poor on earth; as for me, I am on the side of men and I will not leave it.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Heart, Men, Sides
"The Devil and the Good Lord". Book by Jean-Paul Sartre, Act 6, sc. 6, 1951.

Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of form a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast - or else there is nothing at all.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Distance, Heart, Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander (1964). “Nausea”, p.132, New Directions Publishing

To whomever gives a kiss or a blow Render a kiss or blow But to whomever gives when you are unable to return Offer all the hatred in your heart For you were slaves and he enslaves you

Jean-Paul Sartre
Heart, Kissing, Blow

The For-itself, in fact, is nothing but the pure nihilation of the In-itself; it is like a hole of being at the heart of Being.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Heart, Facts, Holes
Jean-Paul Sartre (2002). “Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings”, p.125, Routledge

I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Nice, Heart, Nests
Jean-Paul Sartre (1946). “The flies (Les mouches): and, In camera (Huit clos)”

Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain’s children: thy will be done. You have allowed men’s hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Children, Heart, Men
"The Devil and the Good Lord". Book by Jean-Paul Sartre, act 1, 1951.

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