Existential Quotes

Most popular existential quotes

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

cynical

Being is. Being is in—itself. Being is what it is. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
Being is. Being is in—itself. Being is what it is.
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

purpose of life

Existence precedes and rules essence. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
Existence precedes and rules essence.
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

purpose of life

No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.
One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.
The existentialist says at once that man is anguish. - Jean-Paul Sartre quote.
The existentialist says at once that man is anguish.