So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic read more

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the read more

Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the world's great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak.

There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations.

Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what read more

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the read more

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.