Indifference
Indifference is a blatant unkindness,
Far worse than anger and hatred.
With indifference you can get away
From victims, their anguish and miseries.
With indifference you can be well safe
From interruptions to your work and joy.
Neighbours are of no consequence
Nor are their lives meaningful.
Anger is creative; it brings changes.
Hatred is creative; it brings effects.
Indifference is not no-intrusion.
Indifference is destructive and inhuman.
06.10.2006
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of beauty is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death.
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The indifference
The indifference makes everything meaningless.
It gives you no joy, nor sorrow.
You take no side, nor disturbed.
Involvement kills the indifference.
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Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.
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Indifference, then, is not only a sin, it is a punishment.
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And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never its victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.
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I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.
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Wealth and weapon
Wealth and weapon
I have not seen
any thing crueller
than silence and indifference
silence is the sharp weapon
cuts the throat of truth
satiates both cowards and sadists
indifference is the wealth
in abundance for enjoyments
for the nerd and dead
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Determined Indifference
i like indifference
as a weapon, whether
happy
whatever carrot or stick
policy is used by the enemy
indifference sits on a bench
watches the big waves of the sea
unaffected
the wind wanders
the thousand eyes of the sand
look for a possible hint
on what is up to
they cannot find a thing
except the stare to nowhere
the calmness
amidst the sorrowful
leaves
heaps and heaps
on the ground
of emptiness
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.
quote by William Hazlitt
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Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.
quote by Philip Stanhope
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Indifference
indifference
is a lazy man's
hatred...
it begins within,
and spreads out
to all that's around
him....
a cancer
inflicted by
the self on
the self....
for which the
world pays!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Hatred and Love
Hatred and love
Sympathy and indifference
Are but prison houses
Let us break open its gate way
To know what is out there
Below the skies
poem by Dr. Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
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The most destructive criticism is indifference.
The most destructive criticism is indifference.
quote by Edgar Watson Howe
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New Year's Eve
normally i'd be french-twisting my hair and
selecting the right earrings to wear it's a special
evening for most normally i'd be proposing a
toast but not this year because i'm here the
party's all around me you're there indifference
has found me i know it's not in fashion wearing
heartache on your sleeve but i'm here and
you're there so who cares what i wear on new
year's eve normally i'd be knee-deep in
champagne i'd kick my heels up until neighbors
complain it's a glamorous evening for most
normally i'd be upstaging the host but not this
year because i'm here the party's all around me
you're there indifference has found me i know i
should have dressed up but i just can't make
believe now i'm here and you're there so who
cares what i wear on new year's eve if you're
flirting with some other girl tonight i'm not flirting
with some other guy i keep thinking how last year
at midnight you blew me away with the resolution
that you made i'm here the party's all around
me you're there indifference has found me and
tonight before the ball drops i'll grab my coat
and leave i'm here and you're there so who
cares what i wear on new year's eve
song performed by by Nina Gordon from Tonight And The Rest Of My Life
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Silence Empowered
its the power of being mute
not open not quite
is the trick to upset others
punish with pain of indifference.
its the power of silence
exercised by those powerful
to quieten the disquiet
to wrap beneath, away from sight
the well- known secrets of the public life
the reason for the latest fight
the cause of tears, private happiness
that secret smile, a silent chuckle
all it takes to silence anger is to
smoothly iron out differences
of years of baseless arguments
to hug and kiss and repeat it again
silence empowers you
when you chose to ignore
patterns that provoke anger
snides that signal hatred
empower silence thus
be at peace always
poem by Sreelekha Premjit
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They've Chosen To Be Winners
Picking up those pieces from a running done.
Now taking time when before they gave none.
Less they find offensive too.
With fresh sentiments meant,
They've improved.
Sticking to a purpose with a focused aimed
With minds more open.
And those attitudes changed.
A new day dawning has to them been sent.
To send defensive motives flushed,
With their fluxing minds now rinsed.
And...
They've chosen to be winners!
With those sentiments meant.
Winners.
With those sentiments meant.
Winners.
With those sentiments meant.
To leave behind their indifference.
They have chosen to be winners.
With those sentiments meant.
Winners.
With those sentiments meant.
They're winners.
With those sentiments meant.
To leave behind their indifference.
Picking up those pieces from a running done.
Now taking time when before they gave none.
Less they find offensive too.
With fresh sentiments meant they've improved.
And...
They've chosen to be winners!
With those sentiments meant.
Winners.
With those sentiments meant.
They're winners.
With those sentiments meant.
To leave behind their indifference.
They are winners.
With those sentiments meant.
Winners.
With those sentiments meant.
They're winners.
With those sentiments meant.
To leave behind their indifference.
To now say and to claim that they are...
Winners.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Deadly Sins
Their truth lies in the open door now....
Where scars from battles fought can be seen-
Traced by the blood, sweat and tears, they caused
With an ocean of indifference-in between;
Where anger raged-more than enough!
Where swollen feelings were left to burn
Where forgiveness was never a choice
Where our foes-never ever learn! ;
Where opinions are absolute judgements
And the taking of a life means nothing at all!
Where drug addiction, cruelty, and violence play easily-
And the innocent victims-always fall;
I have said it before-many times
Theirs is a hired killer mentality-
Lust and Greed* their oft' sown seed
In a world of blatant criminality!
poem by Theodora Onken
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Life's Reality
There's weariness,
that clings tightly,
There's a sadness,
for having existed,
There's isolation,
in a forced silence.
Life is a spectrum,
of hatred and love,
Failure and success,
boredom and patience,
Weakness and strength,
indifference and faith.
You are benevolent to one,
But very cruel to another,
Could this be life's reality?
poem by Elmer Romulo Valdez
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Fazer
Standing like a sore thumb, out,
notice your image is different.
Traits that change, it's just too quick,
follow on clues and guess what, that's what, it's like.
Follow your ups and downs,
it's safe to say that I can't tell.
All sense aside.
Left out in the cold,
sight of your routine getting old.
Blame some indifference inside,
taken on shapes not to selective.
Just what you find.
Looking for seconds of peace of mind,
pieces of something to hold on to.
A job that you just can't hold down,
distracted for seconds, you're gone.
Follow your ups and downs,
it's safe to say that I can't tell.
All sense aside.
Left out in the cold,
sight of your routine getting old.
Blame some indifference inside,
taken on shapes not to selective.
Just what you find.
Where you find it.
Needing to find something,
is everything ok.
I hope you find your niche, someday soon.
Easy to change your phase,
to move from where you stand,
but you got to keep that face.
Each change you plan.
Wonder,
is everything ok,
the problem is hesitation
song performed by by Quicksand
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