In irony a man annihilates what he posits within one and the same act; he leads us to believe in order not to be believed; he affirms to deny and den… - Jean-Paul Sartre

That is the idea I shall try to convey when I say that man is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, yet, in other respects is free; because, once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. The existentialist does not believe in the power of passion. He will never agree that a sweeping passion is a ravaging torrent which fatally leads a man to certain acts and is therefore an excuse. He thinks that man is responsible for his passion.

There are two ways to go to the gas chamber, free and not free.

A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.