Existence Precedes Essence Quotes

#1. There are two kinds of existentialist; first, those who are Christian ... and on the other hand the atheistic existentialists, among whom ... I class myself. What they have in common is that they think that existence precedes essence, or, if you prefer, that subjectivity must be the turning point.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#2. Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#3. What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#4. existence precedes essence,

Gordon Daniel Marino

#5. Believing that the soldiers of the apartheid government really did use rubber bullets and carried batons only for decoration is seriously misguided, though understandable considering that newspapers were strictly censored, while history books abounded with Blatant Boer Bias.

Sumayya Lee

#6. The people will take a certain amount of reform, then they want a rest. But the reforms stay.

Robert A. Heinlein

#7. If love is a play, this play, as old as the world, fiasco or not, it is, all in all, the least bad thing that has so far been found. The roles are trite, I admit, but if the play had no value the whole universe wouldn't know it by heart

Alfred De Musset

#8. Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.

Henry Rollins

#9. She liked getting hold of some book ... and keeping it to herself, and gnawing its contents in privacy, and pondering the meaning without sharing her thoughts with any one, or having to decide whether the book was a good one or a bad one.

Virginia Woolf

#10. False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment, anger and hopelessness.

Abraham H. Maslow

#11. Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.

Jerry Coleman

#12. Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

Anonymous

#13. Man's existence precedes his essence

Jean-Paul Sartre

#14. When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

Katarina Witt

#15. Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.

Deepak Chopra

#16. Existence precedes and rules essence.

Jean-Paul Sartre

#17. I'm blown away by how happy you make me. Thank you for being there for me when I'm stupid enough to think I'd rather be alone.

Adam Silvera

#18. I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.

Stone Gossard