--- title: "10 Responsible Quotes By Jean-Paul Sartre" description: "10 Responsible quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre. Plus more from Jean-Paul Sartre and more Responsible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/jean-paul-sartre-220_condemned_man-is-condemned-to-be-free-because-once_974058.png" --- > [Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/man-is-condemned-to-be-free-because-once-thrown-into-the-world-he-is-2/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/jean-paul-sartre-220_condemned_man-is-condemned-to-be-free-because-once_974058.png) > [When one does nothing, one believes oneself responsible for everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/when-one-does-nothing-one-believes-oneself-responsible-for-everything/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/jean-paul-sartre-220_believe_when-one-does-nothing-one-believes-onese_2402794.png) > [We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/we-do-not-know-what-we-want-and-yet-we-are-responsible-for-what-we/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/jean-paul-sartre-220_know_we-do-not-know-what-we-want-and-yet-we-a_3135508.png) > [Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/man-is-fully-responsible-for-his-nature-and-his-choices/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/jean-paul-sartre-220_choice_man-is-fully-responsible-for-his-nature_1573727.png) > [I am responsible for everything... except my very responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/i-am-responsible-for-everything-except-my-very-responsibility/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/jean-paul-sartre-220_responsibility_i-am-responsible-for-everything-except-m_2187702.png) > [To be responsible is to be the uncontested author of an event or thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/to-be-responsible-is-to-be-the-uncontested-author-of-an-event-or-thing/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/jean-paul-sartre-220_being-responsible_to-be-responsible-is-to-be-the-uncontest_1134336.png) > [We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/we-do-not-wish-to-say-only-that-a-man-is-responsible-for-his-own/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/jean-paul-sartre-220_individuality_we-do-not-wish-to-say-only-that-a-man-is_3122635.png) > [Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/once-we-know-and-are-aware-we-are-responsible-for-our-action-and-our/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/jean-paul-sartre-220_action_once-we-know-and-are-aware-we-are-respon_1385113.png) > [“man is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/man-is-condemned-to-be-free-condemned-because-he-did-not-create/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/jean-paul-sartre-220_agree_man-is-condemned-to-be-free-condemned-be_858434.png) > [It would be much better if I could only stop thinking. Thoughts are the dullest things. Duller than flesh. They stretch out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/it-would-be-much-better-if-i-could-only-stop-thinking-thoughts-are/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/jean-paul-sartre-220_complicity_it-would-be-much-better-if-i-could-only_447814.png) ## Other authors on Responsible ## 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/responsible/jean-paul-sartre/#itemlist", "name": "10 Responsible Quotes By Jean-Paul Sartre", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.", "creator": 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