Sartre, Jean-Paul

"The project is the fundamental structure of human consciousness."

"Responsibility is what we feel when we become aware of our freedom."

"The past is only the past when I think it is."

"To understand history is to understand human possibility."

"Authenticity requires that we acknowledge our facticity while transcending it."

"The object of hatred is never the enemy but the world he represents."

"Communication is the greatest of human arts."

"Freedom is the foundation of all values."

"War reveals the ultimate uselessness of human projects."

"The self is not a substance but a structure of consciousness."

"One is one's body, one's past, one's choices all at once."

"The work of art is a means of escaping despair without hope."

"To understand another is to acknowledge they are free."

"History is not something that happens to us but something we create."

"The essence of hate is repulsion and not conquest."

"One must never lose sight of the world while being lost in thought."

"Emotions are not states of mind; they are engagements with the world."

"The teacher's role is not to fill empty vessels but to awaken consciousness."

"To imagine is not to dream but to act in the space of possibility."

"Bad faith is the attitude of those who flee freedom."

"Class consciousness is a form of false consciousness."

"The meaning of words changes with the speaker."

"Shame is the revelation of myself as an object for others."

"One becomes a writer by writing, not by dreaming of writing."

"The Other looks at me and I am transformed into an object."

"Nothingness is the source of all negation."

"To be free is to be responsible for the world we create."

"The goal of life is not happiness but meaning."

"Ideologies are systems that deny human freedom."

"The moment you are most yourself is when you forget yourself."