Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes About Evil
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...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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