Indifference Quotes

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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. — Anatole France
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. — Charles Caleb Colton
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. — Norman Cousins
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing… — Richard Dawkins
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference. — George Eliot
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. — George Eliot
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. — Dag Hammarskjold
Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference. — Sydney J. Harris
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal. — William Hazlitt
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the… — Tim Holden
The most destructive criticism is indifference. — E. W. Howe
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. — Robert M. Hutchins
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of… — Helen Keller
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. — Jack Kerouac
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference. — Soren Kierkegaard
Tolerance is another word for indifference. — W. Somerset Maugham
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an… — Andre Maurois
Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to… — Andre Maurois
The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. — Iris Murdoch
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. — Iris Murdoch

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