Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all."
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Indifferent
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Simone Weil
Philosopher, Activist
"Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries."
George Washington
Military Leader, Politician
"It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
"I give no sources, because it is indifferent to me whether what I have thought has already been thought before me by another."
Oscar Wilde
Writer
"You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one."
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"I would rather believe that God did not exist than believe that he was indifferent."
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"Wherever people feel safe — they will be indifferent."
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"Good, bad, or indifferent - it doesn't matter, just work."
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"Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent."
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"Reality is divinely indifferent."
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"Fortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent."
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"Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it."
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"I could not, as my father's daughter, remain indifferent to all that was going on."
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"There is one right I would not grant anyone. And that is the right to be indifferent."
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"It's fashionable to be indifferent to other people's suffering"
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"Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians."
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"In the spiritual realm nothing is indifferent: what is not useful is harmful."
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"It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one."
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