To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.

—Jean-Paul Sartre

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About Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology) and...

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For several years more I maintained public relations with the Almighty. But privately, I ceased to associate with him.

—Jean-Paul Sartre

Words are loaded pistols.

—Jean-Paul Sartre

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

—Jean-Paul Sartre

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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

—Jean-Paul Sartre

We do not judge the people we love.

—Jean-Paul Sartre

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Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.

—Norman Cousins

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Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

—Michel de Montaigne

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The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

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Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

—Peter Ustinov

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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