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    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.

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Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them thine.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Will Quotes,
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There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

by Juan Montalvo Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

by Spanish Proverb Found in: Will Quotes,
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Will is character in action.

Will is character in action.

by William Mcdougall Found in: Will Quotes,
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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.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always read more

My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whinning about for years.

by Kurt Cobain Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.

At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.

by Enson Inoue Found in: Will Quotes,
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
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I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will--
My will enkindled my by mine and ears
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Will Quotes,
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Do or do not... there is no try.

Do or do not... there is no try.

by Yoda Found in: Will Quotes,
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