A hurtful act is the transference to oth... by Simone Weil | We Heart Quotes

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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

- Simone Weil

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Nothing

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.

- Simone Weil

Soul

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

- Simone Weil

Being

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.

- Simone Weil

Circumstances

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

- Simone Weil

Culture Will

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture still more teachers.

- Simone Weil

War

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.

- Simone Weil

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