“When I say that Descartes consecrated doubt, you must remember that it was that sort of doubt which Goethe has called ‘the active scepticism, whose whole aim is to conquer itself’; and not that other sort which is born of flippancy and ignorance, and whose aim is only to perpetuate itself, as an excuse for idleness and indifference.” — Thomas Huxley, “On Descartes,” Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews
“Indifference is the strongest contempt.” — Ha Jin, A Good Fall
“Humbug may well be as ineradicable as degeneration and death, but that is a poor reason for indifference or complacency.” — Max Black, “The Prevalence of Humbug,” Philosophic Exchange (Summer 1982)
“This universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.” — John Haynes Holmes, “Is the Universe Friendly?” The Sensible Man’s View of Religion
“Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun.” — Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Volume 4, Letter LVI
“Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.” — G.K. Chesterton, The Speaker (1900-12-15)
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