indifference

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.

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.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

Don't be indifferent about any random idea that occurs to you, because each and every idea is for a particular purpose. it may not be beneficial to you, but can be what others are craving for

A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.

Most of us have no real loves and no real hatreds. Blessed is love less blessed is hatred but thrice accursed is that indifference which is neither one nor the other.

The only menace is inertia.

Once conform once do what others do because they do it and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

The true opposite of love is not hate but indifference. Hate bad as it is at least treats the neighbour as a thou whereas indifference turns the neighbour into an it a thing. This is why we may say that there is actually one thing worse than evil itself and that is indifference to evil. In human relations the nadir of morality the lowest point as far as Christian ethics is concerned is manifest in the phrase T couldn't care less.'

If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime.

Communists have committed great crimes but at least they have not stood aside like an established society and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate.

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.

What makes life dreary is want of motive.

Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.

Not to he who is offensive to us are we most unfair but to he who does not concern us at all.

Tolerance is a tremendous virtue but the immediate neighbours of tolerance are apathy and weakness.