Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Responsibility, Destiny, Men

• I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Life, Hate, Order

  "The Devil and the Good Lord" by Jean-Paul Sartre, (Act 11, sc. 2), 1951.

• We will not go to Heaven,Goetz, and even if we both entered it, we would not have eyes to see each other, nor hands to touch each other. Up there, God gets all the attention.... We can only love on this earth and against God.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Life, Eye, Hands

  "The Devil and the Good Lord". Play by Jean-Paul Sartre, Acts 8 & 9, June 7, 1951.

• Man is abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no aim but what he sets himself.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Art, Philosophy, Responsibility

• 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.

• If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Light, Forgiving, Earth

  "The Devil and the Good Lord". Play by Jean-Paul Sartre, Act 1, 1951.

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