If you want to understand what a man feels, you must learn to put yourself inside his skin and to see the world from his point of view. But if you want to know what he would do, you will find it wiser to regard him quite externally, as an astronomer regards the moon or the planet Jupiter. The difference between the two points of view comes out most clearly where the acts of nations are concerned.
Source: As others see us.In: Mortals and Others, v.1, 1975
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