Bernie Siegel on indifference
Bernie Siegel143 quotes“Often people become an addict and self destructive. Now the opposite of love is indifference and even worse is rejection and abuse, and I meet those people.”
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I knew the mass of men conceal’d Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal’d They would by other men be met With blank indifference.
Matthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold It is – last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man
Matthew ArnoldMatthew Arnold The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins In a world where insensitivity and indifference are overrated. Don’t lose faith in love and warmth. You may feel lost and worn out, but the most magical and the richest place will always be a kind heart.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Indifferentism is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.
B. R. AmbedkarB. R. Ambedkar Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky He clings to his solitude, to his affected indifference and his grown-up ways, but it’s just an act, so as never, never to show his real feelings.
Anne FrankAnne Frank Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
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