Everything is indeed permitted if God does not exist, and man is in consequence forlorn, for he cannot find anything to depend upon either within or outside himself. (Jean-Paul Sartre)

Everything is indeed permitted if God does not exist, and man is in consequence forlorn, for he cannot find anything to depend upon either within or outside himself.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Related topics

anything everything find forlorn man outside

Related quotes

If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. View quote
Silouan the Athonite
Read the lives of the saints. You will find everything in them, they will teach you everything. Compare yourself not with your neighbors, but with the saints - such a comparison reveals to us how sinful we are. View quote
Seraphim of Sofia
If man doesn't start to work on himself, then the devil will find another job for him - to seek for flaws in others. View quote
Paisios of Mount Athos
This is what we call love. When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you. View quote
Paulo Coelho
Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks. View quote
Jean Kerr