Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
Do you think I can read [Alain] Robbe-Grillet in an underdeveloped country? He does not feel himself maimed.
I have always been an optimist, perhaps even too much.
Existence precedes and rules essence.
One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.
You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.