Apathy Quote by Henry David Thoreau

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the…

— Henry David Thoreau

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

— Henry David Thoreau

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation!

— Ray Milland

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

— James Thurber

“Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.”

— James Thurber

I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.

— Anonymous

Many books today suggest that the mass of women lead lives of noisy desperation.

— Peter S. Prescott

Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.

— Anonymous

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

— Salmon P. Chase

“Depressions and melancholy are often a cover for tremendous greed. At the beginning of an analysis there is often a depressed state of resignation-life…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the…

— Robert Kennedy