Indifference Quotes

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It is from this absolute indifference and tranquillity of the mind, that mathematical speculations derive some of the most considerable advantages; because there is nothing… — Edmund Burke
Protestations of indifference to higher office are hard to take seriously when the 'non-candidate' is busily engaged in testing the waters. — Jeff Greenfield
In the realm of culture, the new totalitarianism manifests itself precisely in a harmonizing pluralism, where the most contradictory works and truths peacefully coexist in… — Herbert Marcuse
Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference. — Alexander Sutherland Neill
My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and… — Vincent Gallo
And indeed nothing had happened, a momentous nothing, just another of the great world's shrugs of indifference. — John Banville
The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution. — Jim Rohn
Indifference to our neighbor and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more… — Pope Francis
Never will we be able to understand our times if we naively 'think' of this system of self Government as the work of a few… — Fulton J. Sheen
We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards. — John W. Gardner
The notion that artists flourish upon adversity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indifference or hostility… — H. L. Mencken
It is not hateful to say that an immoral action is sinful. On the contrary, the most compassionate thing we can do is help people… — Thomas J. Paprocki
When I fell out of the light, I entered The stomach of indifference, the wordless cupboard. — Sylvia Plath
Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to office. This isn't… — Roger Ebert
It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government But is… — Elie Wiesel
When tempted to be unfaithful, the intellectual woman will try to inspire her husband with indifference, the sentimental woman with hatred, and the passionate woman… — Honore de Balzac
Wine heightens indifference into love, love into jealousy, and jealousy into madness. It often turns the good-natured man into an idiot, and the choleric into… — Joseph Addison
God may be a matter of indifference to the evolutionists, and a life beyond may have no charm for them, but the mass of mankind… — William Jennings Bryan
Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character. — Charles Baudelaire
In the spiritual life there is no such thing as an indifference to love or hate. — Thomas Merton

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