Quotes about Resistance

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.

I'm here, Satan," he said. "I can't see you, and maybe you can move faster than I can, but I'm still here, and by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit I intend to be a thorn in your side until one of us has had enough!

Every tone [of the songs of the slaves] was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.