Apathy Quotes

284 Apathy quotes by 229 unique authors

What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil… — Saint Augustine
Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in America. The Congress… — Unknown Author
Evil feeds off a source of apathy, weak in the mind, and of course you have to be. Less than a man, more like a… — Kool Moe Dee
The whole world is a cyclone. But once you have found the center, the cyclone disappears. This nothingness is the ultimate peak of consciousness. — Rajneesh
When you open up to the ultimate, immediately it pours into you. You are no longer an ordinary human being - you have transcended. Your… — Rajneesh
Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
We need to create a society in which civility rules over cynicism and apathy. — Antanas Mockus
It is the nature of the Kali Yuga that most human beings are now held back from spiritual liberation due to the gravity of inertia,… — Zeena Schreck
Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. — Aristotle
In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare of oneâ€™s grandchildren,… — Noam Chomsky
There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The atheist must abandon his defensive positions, take up the cudgels and go forward, rather than into the retreat of apathy. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the… — A B Simpson
The thing that kills me is all these bands that use huge words in their lyrics, 'I'm swimming in a vortex of apathy.' I'm like,… — Devin Townsend
Apathy is a rational reaction to a system that no longer represents, hears or addresses the vast majority of people. — Russell Brand
No matter what you are dealing with in life, be it resentment or regret, bitterness or sadness, anger or apathy, hatred or hesitation, depression or… — Widad Akrawi
Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys,… — Warsan Shire
Disempowerment - whether defined in terms of a lack of self-confidence , apathy, fear, or an inability to take charge of one's own life -… — Wangari Maathai
Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the… — Bradley Whitford
History will have to recordThat the greatest tragedy of this period of social transitionWas not the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Teachers must be celebrated for moving civilization from ignorance to enlightenment, from apathy to responsibility. — Sharon M. Draper
Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it. — Chuck Palahniuk
At home we have lost the capacity to see what is before us. Travel shakes us out of our apathy, and we regain an attentiveness… — John W. Gardner
You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You can select growth… — Leo Buscaglia
No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate. — Cory Booker

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