In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.

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Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

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I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.

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What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

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Death is a continuation of my life without me.

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Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.

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He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. Commitment is an act, not a word.

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Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

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Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.

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