#indifference

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. ↗

— James Reston

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And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference. ↗

— Lord Robertson

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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il. ↗

— Ed Royce

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James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds. ↗

— Max von Sydow

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But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn't act, it allows. And that's what gives it so much power. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#love

— Even now, I can see the World wheeling on its axis . . . I shout at it: —                             CEASE. CHANGE, —                                                                           OR CEASE. The World says right back: — I must chop down the Tree of Life to make coffins . . . ↗

— Frank Bidart

#death #life #mutability #stasis #change

Indifference is more truly the opposite of love than hate is, for we can both love and hate the same person at the same time, but we cannot both love and be indifferent to the same person at the same time. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#indifference #love #love