Resistance Quotes

Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction.

Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity; My kind of pacifism may be called "non-violent resistance".

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be.

... resistance to tyranny is man's highest ideal.

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

The will to power can express itself only against resistances; it seeks that which resists it--this is the native tendency of theamoeba when it extends its pseudopodia and gropes around.

Government, like any other organism, refuses to acquiesce in its own extinction. This refusal, of course, involves the resistance to any effort to diminish its powers and prerogatives.

Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body's resistance.

The duration of a couple's passion is in proportion to the woman's original resistance or to the obstacles that social hazards have placed in the way of her happiness.

Nearly a half-century on from feminism, simply being a woman artist is still a revolutionary act. And getting one's work shown continues to be met by enormous inbuilt resistance.

Trends toward increasing numbers of infection and increasing drug resistance show no sign of abating.

His response was to fight it with the only weapons at hand—passive resistance and open displays of contempt.

Resistance is the first step to change.

The punitive use of force tends to generate hostility and to reinforce resistance to the very behavior we are seeking.

By staying calm, you increase your resistance against any kind of storms.

We are still resisters, and we are still resisting the occupier militarily and culturally and by all the means of resistance. Repeat after me: No, no for the occupier.

The introduction of resistance in form of sand and hill is too important to be ignored.

If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, be prepared for much resistance, denial, push-back, and verbal debate.

Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.

Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

Your mind is like a tunnel that has no end, and a baloon, that even too much air cannot burst.

Let your resistance, judgements, angers and fears inform you.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change.

[W]e will do what we like with the bourgeoisie. ... We give the orders; they do what they are told. Any resistance will be broken ruthlessly.

Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well.

The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense growth of Parliamentary influence.

Resistance is never the agent of change. You have to embrace the actions that are going to get you closer to your goal.

Sometimes we face resistance in Alberta and Canada because we already have other power sources, but this is a competitive alternative.

Since the Enlightenment, popular religion has rejected the Enlightenment path and transformed itself into a bastion of resistance against reason.

It is one of history's great tragedies that American conservatism, born in part in resistance to Soviet torture, should end by endorsing it in America, by Americans.

I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along and, lo and behold, that's exactly what happens.

While out in TV Nation, under darkening skies, the resistance is just waiting to be organized.

His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.

The real problem has far less to do with what is really out there than it does with our resistance to finding out what is really out there.

Whether you call it terrorism or resistance, and whether you like Hamas or not, it is a political entity that no one can ignore.

The resistance to a new idea increases by the square of its importance.

You can’t go the distance with too much resistance

The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.

Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.

Industries are fearful of legislation. But if you start in the marketplace and forge a solution, you get a lot less resistance - and often a more flexible approach.

I would think that counted as offering resistance," Will said. "Eating one's son-in-law, that is. Though I suppose everyone has their family altercations.

Of course, [Albert Camus] wasn't an existentialist, but he was a committed man. He was a man of combat. It wasn't for nothing that he directed the Resistance journal called Combat.

The Republican Party's reacting now to the news of [Donald] Trump's dominance in different ways. For some, they are pushing resistance.

I think variety is the spice of sticking with an exercise routine, whether it's getting a dance tape one day, or getting a tape with those stretchy things to work with resistance on a different day.

A major shortcoming of the Resistance is the outnumbering, before long, of the genuine warriors by camera-carrying midgets intent on leaving a record of their purported heroism.

I'm very unphysical and graceless so basically if you save 10 people to be with you in a resistance movement, you would never save me. I'd be the last one.

Change is the law of God's mind and resistance to it is the source of all pain.