It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place … - Simone Weil

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Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord

Simone Weil

It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.

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Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.

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