Sartre, Jean-Paul

"Authenticity requires acknowledging our radical freedom."

"The novel is the perfect medium for exploring human freedom."

"History is the realm of human freedom in action."

"To be is to be situated in the world."

"The body is not an obstacle to consciousness but its foundation."

"Emotion is a form of consciousness engaged with the world."

"To understand love is to understand the desire for freedom in union."

"Man is the being whose existence precedes his essence."

"Every human act is a statement about values."

"The social world is constructed through our choices."

"Authenticity means living according to one's own values."

"The future is not predetermined; it belongs to us."

"To deny responsibility is to deny one's humanity."

"Communication between consciousnesses is always incomplete."

"A freedom that denies others' freedom is not freedom."

"The absurd arises when consciousness meets an indifferent world."

"To create is to take a stand in the world."

"Man's freedom is his curse and his glory."

"Knowledge without action is mere abstraction."

"We are perpetually in the process of becoming ourselves."

"Solidarity with others is the foundation of human society."

"To be engaged means to take responsibility for the world."

"Despair is the recognition of our freedom without support."

"The intellectual has a special responsibility to society."

"Beauty is the revelation of being through form."

"To understand yourself, you must understand your culture."

"Freedom is not the absence of constraints but the power to transcend them."

"Every moment presents us with the choice to create ourselves anew."

"The meaning of life is what we make it to be."

"Human consciousness is always consciousness of something."