Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .

Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled read more

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest read more

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest voices may be delivering the worst messages today, but history shows that grass-roots energy has the power to change anything when that energy is focused toward justice

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which read more

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

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.