“I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.” VirtueHumbleModestyModestLukewarm Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.” FightingEvilTemptedFighting Evil Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“I respect orders but I respect myself too and I do not obey foolish rules made especially to humiliate me.” MadeOrderFoolishHumiliateI Respect Myself Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself; me, the man.” MenTodayEvilHe ManSolitudeDecidedMiracleCommitCheatedAccusing Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“I will take it all: tongs, molten lead, prongs, garrotes, all that burns, all that tears, I want to truly suffer. Better one hundred bites, better the whip, vitriol, than this suffering in the head, this ghost of suffering which grazes and caresses and never hurts enough.” WantEnoughSufferingHurtTearsHundredGhostBitesWhipsCaress Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we were born. It is not by refusing to lie that we will abolish lies: it is by eradicating class by any means necessary.” MeanLyingBornClassDividedAbolish Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“The painful secret of gods and kings is that men are free, Aegistheus. You know it and they do not.” KnowsMenSecretKingsPainful Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.” PeopleNeedsRememberHellFireTortureFarceNo Exit Author:Jean-Paul Sartre