Indifference Quotes
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
"The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference."
"Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death."
"They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death."
"Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent."
"A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it."
"I Am In Love With Myself, With My Heart."
"Nothing succeeds like indifference to success."
"Don't be indifferent about any random idea that occurs to you, because each and every idea is for a particular purpose. it may not be beneficial to you, but can be what others are craving for"
"Indifference is one of the seven deadly sins, actually the greatestof them all, because it is the only one that sins against life."
"She knew with painful certainty that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference."
"But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments of love."
"Each time a person passes by you and you say 'hello', imagine that person turning into a candle. The more positivity, love and light you reflect, the more light is mirrored your way. Sharing beautiful hellos is the quickest way to earn spiritual brownie points. You should start seeing hellos as small declarations of faith. Every time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Isn't forgiveness a holy virtue? And if so, then why do we insist on keeping historical records of resentment? Is the Creator an advocate of love or hate? And if love, then why are we still pushing so much hatred? What is there ever to be gained from vocalizing hatred? Only more hatred. Who wants that? And why?"
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Jesus was never indifferent to the issues of the people in His day."
"We cannot be indifferent to the evil in our society."
"Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction."
Vironika Tugaleva, The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness
"So many men treat their wives badly, or indifferently, or with barely contained impatience. Josh doesn't mind-- no that's not right--he insists on openly showing his love and respect for me."
"This is a day of celebration!Today, we are divorcing the pastand marrying the present.Dance,and you will find Godin every room.Today, we are divorcing resentmentand marrying forgiveness.Sing,and God will find you in every tune.Today, we are divorcing indifferenceand marrying love.Drink, and play that tambourine against your thighs.We have so much celebrating to do!"
"The human mind is often, and I think it is for the most part, in a state neither of pain nor pleasure, which I call a state of indifference."
Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
"If we’re honest, what makes something impossible is not our fear. Rather, it is our indifference."
"Indifference destroys vocation unlike any other intangible force, for the reason that it shakes the very core of our motivation for doing what we do."
"What is more painful: Unable to get the Love of your life or being Indifference to the One who loves you the most?"
"Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people."
B.R. Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
"But when they made love he was offended by her eyes. They behaved as though they belonged to someone else. Someone watching. Looking out of the window at the sea. At a boat in the river. Or a passerby in the mist in"
"Every war, every plague is God’s judgment. But every man who rises up to stop the wars and the plagues is God’s instrument. Human action is God’s will, not blind indifference in the face of suffering."
"Divisions in mankind are unnatural. They are man made."
"It’s a strange feeling when you realise that you have become a passive bystander, watching the quirks of your own fate with an icy indifference."
"The difference between men and women is this--if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover the private parts with her hands. A man will sit there just like you found him even if he doesn't have much to be proud of."
"It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, "Wait on time."
Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
"We ought to know that all people are not the same and so we must not expect the same attitude from all people. Different people behave differently and that is what makes different people different"
"You can't be neutral on a moving train."
Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
"My hours are filled with fantasy and indifference. In day and night dreams, I think of my heaven with you. All the time in between, I carelessly spend in hell without you."
"There was always a screen behind which one could hide— a superior who in turn had his superior— orders, instructions, duties, commands— and finally the many-headed monster, morale, necessity, hard reality, responsibility, or whatever it was called— there was always a screen behind which to evade the simple law of humanity."
Erich Maria Remarque, Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
"Segregation is a word of the past. Unity is the key to a peaceful future."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Some scars don't hurt. Some scars are numb. Some scars rid you of the capacity to feel anything ever again."
"Pleasure and pain are on the same side of the coin of human experience. The opposite is indifference or numbness."
"A mind that establishes indifference is the mind that builds failure."
"No one knows if I'm dying to laugh or to crySo my verse hasthis almost imperceptible thrillLife is sad, the world is crazy!Not worth killing yourself for itNot for anyoneFor no loveLife goes on, indifferently!"
"I am not angry or sad or happy to see you. I could not give a shit. You don't even ripple."
"You need fire, conviction, to write. You can't write out of indifference."
"Which do you prefer, she says. Sex or Violence?I try to smile. What's the difference, really."
"For a minute, the fantasy frightened her, but ultimately, this fear saved her from feeling alone."
Stephen Grosz, The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
"You can’t get a reaction from someone who doesn’t give a shit."
"Now, if you asked him what he was going to do with himself, he'd tell you he guessed he might do anything he set his mind to. But he'd say it in a far-off way, as if he didn't really mean it or care much at all."
"Since total skepticism about ultimate beliefs is strictly impossible, in that no belief can be doubted except on the basis of some other belief, indifference is always in danger of giving place to some sort of fanaticism that can be as intolerant as any religion has ever been."
Lesslie Newbigin, Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture
"When words have vanished, when daily habits have extinguished emotional exchange, only killing silence remains and indifference takes over. ( "Words had disappeared" )"
"Embrace all emotions: sadness, happiness, sorrow, hate, love, prejudice, fear; they are weapons against our greatest enemy: indifference."
Dave Matthes, Wanderlust and the Whiskey Bottle Parallel: Poems and Stories
"However, I must admit that keeping myself to myself has not always been comforting. At times, I seemed to suffer spells of depression and loneliness, longing to become healthy again; of going out and facing a world of injustices, of misery, of widespread indifference."
"I hate feeling hate but feeling nothing feels worse."
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