“the love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: “what are you going through?” it is a recognition that the sufferer exists, not only as a unit in the collection, or a specimen from the social category labeled “unfortunate.” but as a man, exactly like us, who was one day stamped with a special mark of affliction. for this reason it is enough, but it is indispensable, to know how to look at him in a certain way”
simone weil
