Quotes about Resistance

You cannot bring a fresh, new word about human flourishing and expect the old, established systems of oppression and power to stand by passively. Or, as Jesus put it, "You can't put new wine into old wineskins.

It's possible to resist the very growth and change and expanding consciousness that God desires for you by appealing to your religious convictions.

What we see in Jesus's story about the rich man and Lazarus is an affirmation that there are all kinds of hells, because there are all kinds of ways to resist and reject all that is good and true and beautiful and human now, in this life, and so we can only assume we can do the same in the next.

Your days in power are numbered because the deepest forces of the universe are on the side of the oppressed, the underdog, and the powerless

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.

the largest locomotive in the world can be held in its tracks while standing still simply by placing a single one-inch block of wood in front of each of the eight drive wheels. The same locomotive moving at 100 miles per hour can crash through a wall of steel-reinforced concrete five feet thick. That

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

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.