--- title: "4 Humanism Quotes By Jean-Paul Sartre" description: "4 Humanism quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre. Plus more from Jean-Paul Sartre and more Humanism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/jean-paul-sartre-220_existentialism_life-has-no-meaning-a-priori-it-is-up-to_1460387.png" --- > [Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/life-has-no-meaning-a-priori-it-is-up-to-you-to-give-it-a-meaning-and/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/jean-paul-sartre-220_existentialism_life-has-no-meaning-a-priori-it-is-up-to_1460387.png) > [“Atheistic existentialism, of which I am a representative, declares with greater consistency that if God does not exist there is at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/atheistic-existentialism-of-which-i-am-a-representative-declares-with/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/jean-paul-sartre-220_atheism_atheistic-existentialism-of-which-i-am-a_2134996.png) > [Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/before-you-come-alive-life-is-nothing-it-s-up-to-you-to-give-it-a/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/jean-paul-sartre-220_giving_before-you-come-alive-life-is-nothing-it_2336428.jpg) > [“All men are Prophets or else God does not exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/all-men-are-prophets-or-else-god-does-not-exist/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06d/jean-paul-sartre-220_atheism_all-men-are-prophets-or-else-god-does-no_2664956.png) ## Other authors on Humanism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 193 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/abhijit-naskar/) - [C. JoyBell C 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/c-joybell-c/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-yuval-noah-harari-100.jpg) Yuval Noah Harari 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/yuval-noah-harari/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/suzy-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-steve-ghikadis-47087.jpg) Steve Ghikadis 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/steve-ghikadis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-claudio-magris-24504.jpg) Corliss Lamont 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/corliss-lamont/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bram-cohen-19129.jpg) Paul Kurtz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/paul-kurtz/) ## More by Jean-Paul Sartre > [There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/there-is-no-human-nature-since-there-is-no-god-to-conceive-it/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [“All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/all-these-creatures-spend-their-time-explaining-realizing-happily/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [“she has suddenly emptied herself of me, and all other consciousness in the world has also emptied itself of me. It seems funny. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/she-has-suddenly-emptied-herself-of-me-and-all-other-consciousness-in/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [ \[Stéphane Mallarmé\] theory of the hermetic is a mistake, but he can be only difficult to read when he has difficult things to say. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/st-phane-mallarm-theory-of-the-hermetic-is-a-mistake-but-he-can-be/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/i-can-always-choose-but-i-ought-to-know-that-if-i-do-not-choose-i-am/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/when-the-rich-wage-war-it-s-the-poor-who-die/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [“She smiled. First I lost the memory of her eyes, then the memory of her long body. I kept her smile as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/she-smiled-first-i-lost-the-memory-of-her-eyes-then-the-memory-of-her/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [Life is a useless passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/life-is-a-useless-passion/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/the-more-one-is-absorbed-in-fighting-evil-the-less-one-is-tempted-to/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/this-is-what-i-thought-for-the-most-banal-even-to-become-an-adventure/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [“I am free: there is absolutely no more reason for living, all the ones I have tried have given way and I can’t imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/i-am-free-there-is-absolutely-no-more-reason-for-living-all-the-ones/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [“If I am not mistaken, if all the signs which have been amassed are precursors of a new overthrow in my life, well then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/if-i-am-not-mistaken-if-all-the-signs-which-have-been-amassed-are/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [“I want to leave, go to some place where I will be really in my own niche, where I will fit in. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/i-want-to-leave-go-to-some-place-where-i-will-be-really-in-my-own/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [...Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/uncalled-for-aggression-arouses-the-hatred-of-the-civilian-population/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) > [The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/the-best-work-is-not-what-is-most-difficult-for-you-it-is-what-you-do/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanism/jean-paul-sartre/#itemlist", "name": "4 Humanism Quotes By Jean-Paul Sartre", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean-Paul Sartre" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/life-has-no-meaning-a-priori-it-is-up-to-you-to-give-it-a-meaning-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/jean-paul-sartre-220_existentialism_life-has-no-meaning-a-priori-it-is-up-to_1460387.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/jean-paul-sartre-220_existentialism_life-has-no-meaning-a-priori-it-is-up-to_1460387.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/jean-paul-sartre-220_existentialism_life-has-no-meaning-a-priori-it-is-up-to_1460387.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning…” — Jean-Paul Sartre", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Atheistic existentialism, of which I am a representative, declares with greater consistency that if God does not exist there is at least one being whose existence comes before its essence, a being which exists before it can be defined by any conception of it. 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