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33b4ee4 The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. activism apathy hate indifference inspirational love opposite philosophy Elie Wiesel
4973dc5 After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was. capitalism inevitability inspirational marxism resistance socialism apathy Terry Eagleton
0168bc6 If I look at the mass I will never act. activism apathy genocide helplessness inspirational power Mother Teresa
09e9848 "Many have given up. They stay home and watch the TV screen, living on the earnings of their parents, cousins, bothers, or uncles, and only leave the house to go to the movies or to the nearest bar. "How're you making it?" on may ask, running into them along the block, or in the bar. "Oh, I'm TV-ing it"; with the saddest, sweetest, most shamefaced of smiles, and from a great distance. This distance one is compelled to respect; anyone who has traveled so far will not easily be dragged again into the world. There are further retreats, of course, than the TV screen or the bar. There are those who are simply sitting on their stoops, "stoned," animated for a moment only, and hideously, by the approach of someone who may lend them the money for a "fix." Or by the approach of someone from whom they can purchase it, one of the shrewd ones, on the way to prison or just coming out." apathy escapism giving-up James Baldwin
e14f054 Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism. apathy apolitical determinism historical-determinism history marxism politics Terry Eagleton
deefc68 You wouldn't believe how much harder it's getting for me to just leave my studio. It's really sad. In fact these days the only thing that gets me outside is when I say: Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck you. Fuck me. Fuck this. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. apathy sadness Mark Z. Danielewski
f35c66d The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good. apathy auschewitz evil genocide good hitler hollow holocaust indifference rwanda sentiment south-sudan sudan talk tolerance west Philip Gourevitch
01bf7ed He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors, unstimulated, sinks to rest in the dullness of exhausted emotion. apathy baggage burden danger-to-self depression depressive depressive-thinking dread emotional-pain emotional-plague guilt indifferent look-for-hope look-for-jesus sad sick suicidal suicide why-the-world-needs-jesus Joseph Conrad
a3913e2 In bitter manuscript remarks on other men's notions about solar deities, he had become indifferent to the sunlight. apathy religion George Eliot
5bc7d3d What do you expect? This place is one big anti-climax. apathy existence existentialism futility habit hopeless hopelessness time Michel Faber