Quotes About Resistance

A growing body of scientific research links antibiotic use in animals to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria: in the animals' own guts, in the manure that farmers use on crops or store on their land, and in human illnesses as well. Resistant bacteria move from animals to humans in groundwater and dust, on flies, and via the meat those animals get turned into.

A ruthless foe established on a space station could actually subjugate the peoples of the world,

Some wrong eternity that wouldn't budge, like trying to move a wardrobe or a safe, only to feel how light I was.

I love him with as much protest as I can muster.

in the book, refused to come with him. He grabbed her arm to pull her back. She struggled to get free, and in so doing pulled her arm out of its socket.

An erect building is a shackled slave. I hear the mutinous grumbling of vertical buildings. I hear the grinding frustration of those compelled against their will to remain standing. A building is energy crucified against space and time.

Only the New Englanders, who had destroyed or driven out all their Indians, spoke against Manifest Destiny.

A subordinate chief, Black Hawk, refused to retreat. He created an alliance with the Winnebagos, Pottawotamies, and Kickapoos, and declared war against the new settlements.

The agreement an Indian makes to a United States treaty, is like the agreement a buffalo makes with his hunter when pierced with arrows. All he can do is lie down and give in.

whatever comes easily to us we turn away from, but that which slips away from us we will pursue to the ends of the earth.

I now think a little powder and lead is the best food for them," he concluded. 7

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

When you struggle against this moment, you're actually struggling against the entire universe.

The Law of Least Effort Put every effort into organizing your life, but remember that the ultimate organizer is Nature. Don't try to steer the river. When Nature is most productive and creative, it does not work... it plays. The best work flows from us effortlessly. Putting up resistance to life ultimately never succeeds. Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you.

Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.

The ego fiercely protects its view of the world, and we've all experienced how wispy and fleeting any experience can be when it doesn't fit our ingrained belief system.

Nature isn't outside us; it moves in, around, and through us. If you align yourself with the movement of creation, you will experience flow and ease. If you oppose the movement of creation, you will meet obstacles and resistance.

With practice, you will find that not resisting holds the secret to many spiritual experiences, including the ability to love.

Mantén la esperanza de conservar tu memoria intacta. Resístete a expectativas más bajas, como las de la gente que piensa que la pérdida de memoria es algo «normal».

The spiritual path is all about confronting resistance and finding strength from within.

When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize that if you force the situation, the resistance will only increase. You don't want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that bends with the storm and survives.

The great (American-definition) liberal Lionel Trilling wrote in 1948 that "we must be aware of the dangers that lie in our most generous wishes," because "when once we have made our fellowmen the objects of our enlightened interest [we] go on to make them the objects of our pity, then of our wisdom, ultimately of our coercion."18 Every mother knows the dangers. And when she loves the beloved for the beloved's own sake, she resists them.

Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ's body.

Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.