I always used the phrase "the true opposite of love is not hate, but indifference", not knowing who I was quoting, or remembering where I had first heard it. Dr. Mardy Grothe of Chiasmus.com serendipitously supplied the answer in last week's chiasmus e-mail newsletter. It is from the writings of Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, who became a professor at Boston University after a career as a journalist. The full quote is:
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
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