Resistance Quotes - Page 8

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

It is much more likely that help comes in when what you are doing is done while you are in a state of inner peace, rather than resistance.

What looks like resistance is often a lack of clarity.

I was part of the draft resistance movement in LA where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus.

How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?

There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas.

Procrastination is what we often call 'resistance.

But nobody predicted anything of this magnitude in terms of resistance. And in part, the magnitude of the resistance was spurred by our failures in reconstruction.

There's a resistance for people to talk about things that make them feel guilty. When natural disasters happen, it's easier not to feel guilty about it.

We have managed to make the celebration of diversity our mode of resistance.

Problems are God's resistance to create spiritual muscles.

Unity and resistance is a strong American trait.

When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.

Its [Resistance] aim is to shove us away, distract us from doing our work.

Resistance’s goal is not to wound or disable. Resistance aims to kill

Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.

But the repressed merges into the id as well, and is merely a part of it. The repressed is only cut off sharply from the ego by the resistances of repression; it can communicate with the ego through the id.

Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.

When I myself had twice or thrice made a resolute resistance unto anger, the like befell me that did the Thebans; who, having once foiled the Lacedaemonians (who before that time had held themselves invincible), never after lost so much as one battle which they fought against them.

Nobody likes to change. There will always be resistance to change, and there always will be change. And the quicker you get to that, the easier it is. It's not such a difficult thing. If you entrench yourself and go, "By God, I will not change. I will not have this." Then, you're a dead man. We're great at adaptability. It's our strongest suit.

Information is shock resistance. Arm yourself.

The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.

Procrastination is another form of resistance

There is no movement without our own resistance.

There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry.