A Happy Birthday salute to Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 – April 15, 1980), philosopher, playwright, and novelist. He is oft referred to as one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 20th century with his name, for some, synonymous with existentialism.Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1964 and was the first Nobel Laureate to voluntarily decline the Nobel Prize.
"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think." - Jean-Paul Sartre
"Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is." - Jean-Paul Sartre
Trivia bit: He is buried in Cimetière du Montparnasse, in Paris, France. There were 50,000 people present at his funeral.
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