Quote by Jean Paul Sartre

I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.

I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to h

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker's desire for pure love and goodness is futile in a world where love means hating a common enemy and goodness is intricately linked to evil. The speaker acknowledges the impossibility of separating good from bad, and hence embraces the idea of becoming evil in order to attain true goodness. The quote captures an inner conflict of the speaker between their idealistic aspirations and the harsh reality of the world they inhabit.

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By Jean Paul Sartre

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