Quotes about Resistance

The meek are those who yield to acts of wickedness, and do not resist evil, but overcome evil with good.

Behold with what companions I walked the streets of Babylon, and wallowed in the mire thereof, as if in a bed of spices and precious ointments. And that I might cleave the faster to its very centre, the invisible enemy trod me down, and seduced me, for that I was easy to be seduced.

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover seeds of truth.

There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.

The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Every temptation is an offer to doubt God's love and wisdom.

If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.

Technology is only one reason that the energy industry can't change as quickly as the computer industry. There's also size. The energy industry is simply enormous—at around $5 trillion a year, one of the biggest businesses on the planet. Anything that big and complex will resist change.