George Bernard Shaw? Anthony Anderson? Wilhelm Stekel? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The playwright George Bernard Shaw apparently contended that indifference to another person was a greater transgression than hatred. He called this indifference a sin. Would you please help me to find a citation? Quote Investigator: George Bernard Shaw’s play “The Devil’s Disciple” was first …
Tag Archives: Wilhelm Stekel
The Opposite of Love Is Not Hate, But Indifference
Elie Wiesel? Wilhelm Stekel? Rosalie Gabler? John Le Carré? Rollo May? August Strindberg? William Hale White? Otto M. Spangler? David Cornwell? Dear Quote Investigator: Love and hate are intense emotions that are sometimes mingled together. The following statement makes a fascinating point: The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. This adage has often …
Continue reading “The Opposite of Love Is Not Hate, But Indifference”
The Mark of the Immature Man Is That He Wants To Die Nobly for a Cause, While the Mark of the Mature Man Is That He Wants To Live Humbly for One
J. D. Salinger? Wilhelm Stekel? Otto Ludwig? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: “The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger is a popular work embodying adolescent angst and confusion. During one scene a teacher of the protagonist Holden Caulfield gives him a remarkable quotation ascribed to a psychoanalyst named Wilhelm Stekel. Has anyone attempted to …