Quotes about Apathy
In lazy Apathy let Stoics boast, Their Virtue fix'd, 'tis fixed as in a frost.
It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government. But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer. Neither is resignation. Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment
That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.
In lazy Apathy let Stoics boast, Their Virtue fix'd, 'tis fixed as in a frost.
It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government. But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer. Neither is resignation. Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment
That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.