Man's existence precedes his essence

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

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.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

We are our choices.

Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

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

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

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

I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.

We do not like the idea that any other creature can be better than we are. It is highly probable that if we ever have to face a superior race, we will die of it.

Your truth isn't everybody else's truth.

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.

Having fun unleashes creativity. It is one of the seeds you plant to get ideas

It's silly that anyone in this world tells you that there are only certain people that can marry you.

The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

People don't choose their calling, it chooses them.

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

You shouldn't shoot at every opportunity that passes by.

A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.