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Quotes About Responsibility

That is the idea I shall try to convey when I say that man is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, yet, in other respects is free; because, once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
His thought is both optimistic and anguished. It is anguished because he sees that we are sentenced by our freedom, imprisoned by it (since it makes us afraid); optimistic because Sartre believed that we are truly free and can indeed make free choices.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Amerikanvari haz?rlanm?? ?stakozu sevip sevmemekte özgürüm, ama insanlar? sevmiyorsam bir zavall?y?m ve gün ?????nda bana yer yok. ...
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
OLGA. Exactly. We must get the true story here and now. LOUIS: The story stinks. I don't want to have anything to do with it. And in any case I don't have the time to conduct a class examination.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Nu exist? tat? bun, asta e regul?; nu trebuie învinuiÈ›i b?rbaÈ›ii, ci instituÈ›ia paternit??ii care e putred?. S? faci copii e foarte bine; s? ai îns? copii: ce nedreptate!
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
I am responsible for everything … except for my very responsibility, for I am not the foundation of my being. Therefore everything takes place as if I were compelled to be responsible. I am abandoned in the world … in the sense that I find myself suddenly alone and without help, engaged in a world for which I bear the whole responsibility without being able, whatever I do, to tear myself away from this responsibility for an instant.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Un crime que son auteur ne peut supporter, ce n'est plus le crime de personne
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
The doctrine I am presenting before you is precisely the opposite of this, since it declares that there is no reality except in action. It goes further, indeed, and adds, "Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realises himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Mi-a pl?cut întotdeauna mai degrab? s? m? acuz pe mine decât universul: nu din bun?tate: ca s? nu depind decât de mine.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Pakao, to su drugi.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Nu sunt atât de laÈ™ ca s? îmi fie team? c? fac pe cineva s? sufere atunci când trebuie s-o fac.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
I am therefore responsible for myself and for everyone else, and I am fashioning a certain image of man as I choose him to be In choosing myself, I choose man.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Mientras que tú piensas: agua pura, querida agua pura, solo estaré a medias en este lugar, solo a medias seré culpable, seré agua pura allí contigo.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
it stands behind me like a boneless ghost and depends on me alone to lend it my flesh.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Il pense donc que l'homme, sans aucun appui et sans aucun secours, est condamné à chaque instant à inventer l'homme.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
From one end to another in this war, we did not recognize our actions, we were not able to vindicate their consequences. The evil was everywhere, every choice was a bad choice, and yet it was necessary to choose and we are responsible. Every heartbeat thrust us into a guiltiness that horrified us.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
È vero che non sei responsabile di quello che sei, ma sei responsabile di quello che fai di ciò che sei.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Man is defined as the choices he must make. Very well. Above all else, he exists in the present moment, and beyond natural determinism; he does not define himself prior to his existence, but does so according to his individual present.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Thus we have neither behind us, nor before us in a luminous realm of values, any means of justification or excuse. We are left alone, without excuse.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Somos aquello que hacemos con lo que hicieron de nosotros.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Pilihlah, manusia yang bebas atau mengakui Tuhan sebagai sumber nilai. Bila dipilih yang terakhir manusia tersebut tidak bebas, mutlak.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
O homem nada mais é do que o seu projeto; só existe na medida em que se realiza; não é nada além do conjunto de seus atos, nada mais que sua vida. Não existe amor senão aquele que se constrói; não há possibilidade de amor senão a que se manifesta num amor; Um homem compromete-se com sua vida, desenha seu rosto e para além desse rosto, não existe nada.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Thoughts are the dullest things. Duller than flesh. They stretch out and there's no end to them and they leave a funny taste in the mouth. Then there are words, inside the thoughts, unfinished words, a sketchy sentence which constantly returns: I have to fi... I ex... Dead... M. de Roll is dead... I am not... I ex... It goes, it goes... and there's no end to it. It's worse than the rest because I feel responsible and have complicity in it.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Solo los actos deciden acerca de lo que se ha querido.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre