Quotes About Choice

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. Such is the first principle of existentialism.

To exist is to create your own life.

The writer, a free man adressing free men, has only one subject - freedom

Nous sommes seuls, sans excuses. C'est ce que j'exprimerais en disant que l'homme est condamné à être libre. Condamné, parce qu'il ne s'est pas créé lui-même, et par ailleurs cependant libre, parce qu'une fois jeté dans le monde, il est responsable de tout ce qu'il fait. […] L'homme, sans aucun secours, est condamné à chaque instant à inventer l'homme.

Seuls les actes décident de ce qu'on a voulu.

Man is not only that which he conceives himself to be, but that which he wills himself to be...

Obviously, nothing new has happened in a manner of speaking. This morning, at a quarter past eight, as I was leaving the Hôtel Printania to go to the library, I tried to pick up a piece of paper lying on the ground and didn't succeed. That's all, and it isn't even an event. Yes, but, to tell the whole truth, it made a profound impression on me: it occurred to me that I was no longer free.

L'existence précède l'essence

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. The existentialist does not believe in the power of passion. He will never agree that a sweeping passion is a ravaging torrent which fatally leads a man to certain acts and is therefore an excuse. He thinks that man is responsible for his passion.

Le secret douloureux des Dieux et des rois: c'est que les hommes sont libres. Ils sont libres Egisthe. Tu le sais, et ils ne le savent pas.

Var olmak susamadan içmek gibi bir ÅŸeydir.

man being condemned to be free carries the weight of the whole world on his shoulders; he is responsible for the world and for himself as a way of being.

Man is condemned to be free.

Oysa sevmiÅŸti o, yaÅŸamak istemiÅŸti ve kendini ölürken görmüÅŸtü; bunlar bir insan?n insan olmas?na yeter.

The only being which can be called free is the being which nihilates its being.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning." – Jean-Paul Sartre

Varl??? bir rezaletti ve daha sonra üstüne alaca?? sorumluluklar bu rezaleti doÄŸrulamaya yetecekti.

But you have to choose: live or tell.

We all wish we did not exist. It is a state where we have no choice. This is because when you have a choice comes responsibility and anxiety.

The existentialist cannot accept that man can be helped by any sign on earth, for he will interpret the sign as he chooses.

Varolu?, insan?n s?yr?lamad??? bir doluluktur.

The existentialist portrays a coward as one who makes himself a coward by his actions, a hero who makes himself heroic.

L'homme est condamné à être libre (Manusia dikutuk untuk menjadi bebas)

Existence is a fullness which man can never abandon.