If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
Jean-Paul SartreRead
Our responsibility is much greater than we might have supposed, because it involves all mankind.
Interpretation
Our duties extend far beyond ourselves; they encompass the well-being of all humanity.
Jean-Paul Sartre emphasizes the weight of our responsibilities as individuals, highlighting that our actions affect not just ourselves but all of humanity. This quote speaks to the interconnectedness of people and the moral obligations that arise from our shared existence, suggesting that we must consider the greater good in our decisions and commitments.
In practice
This quote can inspire groups advocating for global human rights.
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to retain my freedom.' I should myself have thought,' said Jacques, 'that freedom consisted in frankly confronting situations into which one had deliberately entered, and accepting all one's responsibilities. But that, no doubt, is not your view.
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without Evil.
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.
Night is falling: at dusk, you must have good eyesight to be able to tell the Good Lord from the Devil.
All diseases of Christians are to be ascribed to demons; chiefly do they torment freshly-baptized Christians, yea, even the guiltless new-born infants.
We live in a world which in some respects is mysterious; things can be experienced which remain inexplicable; not everything which happens can be anticipated. The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole. For me the world has from the beginning been infinite and ungraspable.
People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.
Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.
In order for sensation to accede to the objectivity of things, it must itself be changed into a thing. The agent of change is language: the sensations are turned into verbal objects.
If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.
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