Indifference Quotes

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It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human… — Anatole France
To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation. — Marya Mannes
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for… — Ambrose Bierce
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which… — Nelson Mandela
The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat. — Agnes Repplier
What the horrors of war are, no one can imagine. They are not wounds and blood and fever, spotted and low, or dysentery, chronic and… — Florence Nightingale
Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil,… — Elie Wiesel
Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its… — Samuel Johnson
It is unreasonable to expect science to produce a system of ethics-ethics are a kind of highway code for traffic among mankind-and the fact that… — Sigmund Freud
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in touch… — Charles Lindbergh
The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state. — Thomas B. Macaulay
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second… — Albert Einstein
For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent. Thus, indifference means solitude. Those… — Elie Wiesel
The settled man can cope with love and hate from others, but never with their indifference. — James Huxley
Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand… — Toni Morrison
We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The wonderful structure of the animal system will probably never permit us to look upon it as a merely physical apparatus, yet the demands of… — John Gorrie
We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken… — Paul Elmer More
We are many small puppets moved by fate and fortune through strings unseen by us; therefore, if it is so as I think, one has… — Marcello Malpighi
In any activity, we have to know what to expect, how to reach our objectives and what capacity we possess for the proposed task. The… — Paulo Coelho

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