"The word 'existentialism,' which is now so much abused, means nothing else but 'man is free.'"

"Life has no meaning a priori. It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing other than the meaning you choose."

"Everything has been figured out, except how to live."

"The greatest effort is not to make oneself understood, but to understand."

"The essential thing is to be free, free, free. To be free for life and for death."