To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.
It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.
I think the worst atmosphere for a six-year-old is one in which there are no expectations whatsoever. That is, it's worse for the child to grow up in a vacuum where "whatever you do is alright, I'm sure you'll succeed. " That is a statement of disinterest. It says, "I really have no fantasies for you at all. "
The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. . . . Government is the only organized mechanism that makes possible that level of shared disinterest known as the public good.
Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?
It was a lazy community of mutual disinterest and alcohol.
To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.
My disinterest in your bullshit is so tangible you could make bricks out of it
When a man sought knowledge, it would not be long before it could be seen in his humbleness, his sight, upon his tongue and his hands, in his prayer, in his speech and in his disinterest (zuhd) in worldly allurements. And a man would acquire a portion of knowledge and put it into practice, and it would be better for him than the world and all it contains - if he owned it he would give it in exchange for the hereafter.
