apathy

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
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.	hate love philosophy inspirational opposite indifference activism apathy	Elie Wiesel
4973dc5	After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.	socialism inspirational inevitability apathy marxism capitalism resistance	Terry Eagleton
0168bc6	If I look at the mass I will never act.	inspirational activism apathy genocide helplessness 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."	giving-up apathy escapism	James Baldwin
e14f054	Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.	history politics historical-determinism apolitical apathy marxism determinism	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.	sadness apathy	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.	good auschewitz south-sudan sentiment indifference apathy tolerance west genocide rwanda sudan holocaust hitler hollow talk evil	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.	suicide depression danger-to-self depressive depressive-thinking indifferent look-for-hope look-for-jesus why-the-world-needs-jesus baggage emotional-plague emotional-pain apathy suicidal dread burden sick guilt sad	Joseph Conrad
a3913e2	In bitter manuscript remarks on other men's notions about solar deities, he had become indifferent to the sunlight.	religion apathy	George Eliot
5bc7d3d	What do you expect? This place is one big anti-climax.	hopelessness time existence futility apathy existentialism hopeless habit	Michel Faber

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.

hate love philosophy inspirational opposite indifference activism apathy

Elie Wiesel

4973dc5

After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.

socialism inspirational inevitability apathy marxism capitalism resistance

Terry Eagleton

0168bc6

If I look at the mass I will never act.

inspirational activism apathy genocide helplessness 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."

giving-up apathy escapism

James Baldwin

e14f054

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

history politics historical-determinism apolitical apathy marxism determinism

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.

sadness apathy

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.

good auschewitz south-sudan sentiment indifference apathy tolerance west genocide rwanda sudan holocaust hitler hollow talk evil

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.

suicide depression danger-to-self depressive depressive-thinking indifferent look-for-hope look-for-jesus why-the-world-needs-jesus baggage emotional-plague emotional-pain apathy suicidal dread burden sick guilt sad

Joseph Conrad

a3913e2

In bitter manuscript remarks on other men's notions about solar deities, he had become indifferent to the sunlight.

religion apathy

George Eliot

5bc7d3d

What do you expect? This place is one big anti-climax.

hopelessness time existence futility apathy existentialism hopeless habit

Michel Faber