“Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.”

“There's a difference between apathy and acceptance. Apathy lets you endure life. Acceptance helps you enjoy it.”

“Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared”

“Your current apathy is simply your soul telling you that it is confused.”

“Oh, Mankind, rejoice in the apathy of our Creator, for it makes us free and truthful and dignified at last.”

“Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late.”

“And there's a freedom in apathy, a wild, dizzying liberation on which you can almost get drunk.”