Quotes About Resistance

You never change things by fighting the existing reality,

To the psychotherapist an old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as a young man who is unable to embrace it.

Let man but accumulate sufficient engines of destruction and the devil within him will soon be unable to resist putting them to their fated use. It is well known that firearms go off of themselves if only enough of them are together.

what you resist not only persists, but will grow in size.

The proctor buys a pupil ices And hopes the boy will not resist, When he attempts to practice vices Few people even know exist.

We pledge to fight 'blue-sky thinking wherever we find it. Life would be dull if we had to look up at cloudless monotony day after day.

The universe will teach us our lessons with the tickle of a feather or the whomp of a sledgehammer, depending on how open we are to learning the particular lesson. Getting stubborn and defensive invites the sledgehammer; getting open and curious invites the feather.

YOUR DIVINE INVITATION You're invited to meet the Divine. Nobody can resist an invitation like that! Now, your choices narrow to two: You can come to the Divine ready to dance. Or Be carried on a stretcher to the Divine Emergency Room.

The heart of the matter is that there is nothing the matter with our hearts. It is not love that is to blame. But each of us has resistance to the very love we desire...

Remember, the opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.

I'm waging a tug of war, but no one else is holding the other end of the rope

Music! Goddammit! Music!" Mom screamed. "We have some lovely Enya. Very soothing," the midwife said. "Fuck Enya!" Mom screamed.

I don't believe in wishes coming true. But if I do, what would I wish for? Normally I have such willpower. Like a dieter resisting a cookie, I don't even let myself go there. But for the briefest second, I do.

Dans ce jeu de tir à la corde, je tire de mon côté alors qu´il ný a personne à l´extrémitée opposée

Hitler's regime maintained its generally accepted authority in Germany almost until the bitter end. In fact, large parts of the population supported that regime enthusiastically. Resistance was so uncommon that it could easily be nipped in the bud. Propaganda was readily believed, repression was a matter of loving one's country, obedience was the rule, informing on neighbours a patriotic duty.

If thou makest a statement concerning women, lo, she shall immediately try to disprove it straightway. She goeth by contraries.

But allow Riley to boss him around? Multiply "hell, no" by "dream on" and divide by "suck it," and the answer was "the wolf could bite the big one.

Gods, woman," William said. "Your voice is like death. Can you shut it until I leave the room? Please. Seriously, you're like the one woman in the world I want to resist." -Page 271

Bianka," he said, his patience clearly waning. "This is not a game. Do not make me bind you to my bed." "Ohhh, now that I like. Sounds kinky." She darted around him running her fingertips over his cheek, his neck. "You're as soft as a baby." He sucked in a breath, stiffened. "Bianka." "But better equipped." "Bianka!" She patted his butt. "Yes?

He had no one but himself to blame, for he'd opened himself up to it. Just a fraction at first, like a crack in a window. But the funny thing was, once you welcomed in a breeze, there was no stopping what came next. A wind, a storm, thunder and lightning, until you could no longer reach the window to close it—and didn't really want to anyway. That's what this new darkness was. Evil in its purest form... -Paris

Pin his fucking legs." "Can't. Got his arms." "Knock him out, Paris." "Sure. Want me to spew diamonds from my ass while I'm at it?

I'd stood my ground against him. I wasn't going to jump when he said jump. I was more likely to give him the finger.

You're just begging for a piece of me, you know that?" she growled. "I don't know what gave you the idea I've lowered my standards, but I assure you, I haven't. I want no part of you.

Yeah, I understand. That doesn't mean I'll obey" - Bianka