The following quote is not mine. During the past weeks, I spent some of my time watching TV series on DVD... One of those were the Desperate Houswives Season 1 and 2.
There was a character Bree Van De Kamp....
I liked this line very much, so I would like to put it here;
"The opposite of "love" is not "hate", it's indifference."
When you love someone so much and had done, devoted and sacrificed yourself for one individual for a very long long time and he/she returned you with repeated bitter sorrows. The best way to return those ugly favors are not to hate, but to be indifferent.... just like him/her doesn't even exist.
It depends on how you look at it. If you love someone and that person breaks your heart, then your emotions might run from love to hate to indifference. Hate is in the middle, so indifference is the opposite of love.
However, if indifference is the opposite of love, then it would also have to be the opposite of hate. Love and hate are both strong emotions, but indifference is the absence of feeling. So indifference should be the opposite of passion.
P.S. That quote belongs to Elie Wiesel, holocaust survivor, author and winner of 1986 Nobel Prize for Peace:
"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."
โดย: Rive Gauche วันที่: 2 พฤศจิกายน 2550 เวลา:0:43:01 น.
================================= Note: My life has been intertwined with works and many others. New responsibility has emerged, resulting less and less time for my ordinary life. Although, a love to write is still intact... But having less time is related to having less imagination.... Therefore, I could not come up with new writings for quite some times.
It might be a good time for me to leave this forum for moment.... Please take it as Mr. A.T. is having a sabbactatical leave or something like that....
As noted above, my love to write is still the same... and will not be changed. Sometimes somehow, I hope I could come back and give some thoughts in this blog once more.
Cheers, Mr. A.T. June 6th, 2008
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Hello,
My pen-name in Pantip is amatuer translator. Actually, I'm a lousy translator with lame translation. My pen-name is somewhat misleading, I have no background in linguistics what-so-ever. Anyway I love to read, write and communicate with people...
Reading is my most favorite hobby. I read everything from shopping bags to articles in theoretical physics. I do research and teaching for my living. So, reading, writing, thinking and doing research works are my everyday routine.
I would like to define myself as a person who is accepting new ideas and adopting those into my way of life.
I believe in power of knowledge/education. I think every society can be a better society with knowledge. Ignorance can be dispelled by it. Humanity can live sustainably and harmoniously with each other along with its biosphere with understandings in the nature surrounding it.
Apart from my philosophical thoughts reflecting who I am, I can tell you something I like or love in particular;
I love dogs.... Particularly, labradore retrievers.... One day, I would like to spend my time and life with them as a big part of my family.
Zhuge Liang is my hero. With his wisdom and faithfulness, he led a tiny army to a mighty and formidable kingdom. He left his humble residence with a hope to come back. But, sadly, he had never returned and died far far away from home in a horse carriage in a battle field. If I could choose where I would, I would say where-ever my lovely wife was nearby.
I value happiness and my family as my first priority. My profession and my philosophy come in the second. Pursuit in wealth has never been in my desire.
I'm glad to be your friend, and look forward to seeing you around krub.
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Direction: Find the ANTONYM of the stem word.
LOVE
a. hate
b. indifference
P'A.T.'s answer: B.
Alas, you've just missed one point, krub; in a test room, the correct answer would, without a doubt, A.