The worst sin... is... to be indifferent.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

— George Bernard Shaw

The worst sin, the ultimate sin for me, in anything, is to be bored.

— Ted Turner

Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Enough with nonchalance in the name of practicality! Let us now rise as tornado and wipe out all apathy.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“If we’re honest, what makes something impossible is not our fear. Rather, it is our indifference.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

What is called “apathy” is, I believe, a feeling of helplessness on the part of the ordinary citizen, a feeling of impotence in the…

— Howard Zinn

“He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen, has the…

— Joseph Conrad

Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.

— Don Henley

“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Misuse of privilege is seen as the worst sin.

— Jon Ronson

“If the worst sin of all was betraying others, then what about people who lied to themselves?”

— Jodie Picoult

“But you are a great sinner, that's true," he added almost solemnly, and your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“I do know the worst sin--perhaps the only sin--passion can commit, is to be joyless.”

— Dorothy L. Sayers

You see, sins are of different types. The worst sin is blasphemy. Then there are sins that are great sins. Then there are sins…

— Babloo

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment…

— Henry Miller