The 35 best quotes about indifference (and aphorisms)

Many writers and thinkers have written about this absence of reaction and feelings.

Indifference. Perhaps the (non) reaction most feared by human beings.. It is often said that it is better to be talked about, even if it is bad. But, of course, that other people feel indifference to our fate or misfortune makes us feel alone and helpless.

Throughout history, many thinkers and philosophers have theorized about indifference and how it affects us.

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Famous phrases of indifference.

In today's article we are going to know the most outstanding phrases of indifference.uttered by different writers, politicians, thinkers, entrepreneurs and other well-known personalities.

1. Heroes are born of human indifference to the suffering of others. (Nicholas Welles)

Enduring indescribable suffering, heroes do not desist in their efforts to improve existence.

2. It is not the wickedness of the wicked that is disturbing, but the indifference of the good. (Martin Luther King)

A great quote from the African-American rights leader and activist.

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3. Indifference is silent support for injustice. (Jorge González Moore)

Very much in line with King's quote.

4. If you are intelligent, you are likely to feel that you are indifferent to everything. (Marta Gárgoles)

Could being intelligent have anything to do with giving little importance to life's hardships?

5. Not caring at all about what people think of you is not only arrogance, but also shamelessness. (Cicero)

Great phrase of the great Roman orator.

6. The Mexican's indifference to death is nourished by his indifference to life. (Octavio Paz)

A scathing critique by Octavio Paz of the designs of his nation.

7. Silence never manifests itself with so much superiority as when it is used as a reply to slander and defamation. (Joseph Addison)

To be indifferent to injustice is sometimes the best option.

8. A guy gets on a subway in Los Angeles and dies, do you think anyone notices? (Tom Cruise)

Sentence taken from the movie Vincent. Certainly, the indifference to others in cities can be shocking.

9. If you want to live happily, don't mind being thought a fool. (Seneca)

It doesn't matter what they think of you, as long as they leave you alone.

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10. To be indifferent to beauty is to have your eyes closed forever. (Tupac Shakur)

The American rapper defends his notion of beauty.

11. To the extent that the suffering of children is permitted, there is no true love in this world. (Isadora Duncan)

Reflection on the indifference towards the great injustices of our time.

12. We of this generation will have to mourn not only for the hateful words and deeds of bad people, but for the crying silences of good people. (Ken Follett)

The inaction of the good people is the final sentence of humanity.

13. As a rule, people are either certain of everything, or they are indifferent. (Jostein Gaarder)

Reflection of the Norwegian writer.

14. After failing, it is possible to go on and fail better; on the other hand, indifference plunges us deeper and deeper into the morass of being stupid. (Slavoj Zizek)

Inaction is not acceptable, according to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek.

15. I don't hate you, because hate is a feeling, and I don't feel anything for you. (Harry Potter)

Phrase extracted from JK Rowling's saga.

16. Tolerance and patience are far more profound and effective than mere indifference. (Dalai Lama)

Famous quote about indifference from the Buddhist leader Dalai Lama.

17. Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. (Edmund Burke)

Anthropological view: when people have no opinion about religion, it simply ceases to play a central role in society.

18. The power of indifference! It is what has allowed stones to remain unchanged for millions of years. (Cesare Pavese)

Great metaphor to understand the force of passivity, in some cases.

19. Indifference hardens the Heart and is capable of eliminating any trace of affection. (Jorge González Moore)

Love is truncated when indifference appears on the scene.

20. Manufactured things have lost the noble indifference for the spheres of wealth and poverty. Each thing today leaves its mark on its owner, who has no choice but to present himself as a poor devil or, on the contrary, as a speculator. (Walter Benjamin)

Great economic reflection of the German exile.

21. Indifference is the dead weight of history. (Antonio Gramsci)

The Italian philosopher has this view on the development of history.

Perhaps a misguided moral passion is better than indifference. (Iris Murdoch)

Is an irrational love preferable to the most brainless indifference? Probably.

23. To be indifferent to someone is to condemn him to the worst contempt. Omission is more hurtful than any action. (Pascual García Senderos)

One of those phrases of indifference that freezes the blood.

War or indifference, one does not know which of the two is easier to deal with. (Laura Restrepo)

Equally harmful and perfidious.

25. Indifference: attitude adopted by a woman towards a man she is not interested in, which is interpreted by the man as "playing hard to get". (Sofocleto)

Incredible reflection of the Peruvian humorist.

26. Indifference has no beginning and no end: it is an immutable state, a weight, an inertia that no one would succeed in shaking. (Georges Perec)

Cold as an ice floe, that's how it is.

27. Hatred is not the most dangerous thing. It is indifference. (Lauren Oliver)

Perhaps, the worst thing we can receive from someone. Total passivity.

28. To teach respect is to teach not to do everything that means contempt or indifference towards others. (Victoria Camps)

A pedagogical vision of the concept that concerns us.

29. Wherever people feel safe (...), they will feel indifference. (Susan Sontag)

Comfort is associated with a certain passivity.

30. Why do girls fall madly in love with men who make them suffer and treat with indifference those who would be willing to get them the moon? (Marc Levy)

Great reflection on the mysteries of female infatuation.

31. The real danger, son, is called indifference. My father had never taught me so much in so few words. (Elie Wiesel)

Good famous quote from the Jewish writer.

32. And although he was not too happy in this world, he found in the fulfillment of his duties, in his friends and in his children enough reasons to love life and not to abandon it with indifference when his time came. (Jane Austen)

About a friend who passed away.

33. I prefer people who love me or hate me to those who have no opinion of me. Indifference is scary. (Lady Gaga)

Phrase of the popular American singer.

34. I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. (Anatole France)

Life must be lived with enthusiasm and without too much reflection.

35. No ingratitude closes a great heart, no indifference tires it. (Leon Tolstoy)

A phrase about indifference that could not be missing in this selection.