Callous – Page 4

The awakenings of remorse,

The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less and less vivid every time they occur, till at length the mind grows absolutely callous. Anna Letitia Barbauld

There are all these

There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids’ true interests. For their part, many Chinese secretly believe that they care more about their children and are willing to sacrifice much more for them than Westerners, who seem perfectly content to let their children … Read more

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. Ambrose Bierce

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with

CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was observed to be deeply moved. What! said one of his disciples, you weep at the death of an enemy? Ah, ’tis true, replied the great Stoic; but you should … Read more

A callous disregard for

A callous disregard for the claims of innocent human life is the heart and soul of the evil of terrorism. Alan Keyes

The callous use of

The callous use of general warrants and the disregard for the Bill of Rights must end. Forcing us to choose between our rights and our safety is a false choice and we are better than that as a nation and as a people. Rand Paul

Humans call animals ‘dumb’…

Humans call animals ‘dumb’… after they robbed their entire own precious world. They are intelligent beings in their own right, and thoroughly self-sufficient… if not molested by humans. Yet, after millennia of slavery by selfish/callous humans they’re made to look dumb! The ‘superior species’ in their situations would, too, appear ‘dumb’. Adela Popescu

We manage to swallow

We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are many crimes which are the creation of man himself, the wrongfulness of which is put down to their divergence from habit, custom, or tradition. But cruelty is not of these. It is a fundamental sin, and admits of no argument or nice distinctions. If only we do not allow our heart to grow callous, its protest against cruelty is always clearly heard; and yet we go on perpetrating cruelties easily, merrily, all of us – in fact, anyone who does not join in is dubbed a crank.
Rabindranath Tagore