Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
In bed our yesterdays are too oppressive: if a man can only get up, though it be but to whistle or to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The Indian government has managed to turn the concept of nonviolence on its head. Nonviolent resistance and nonviolent governance. Unlike, say, China… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters; call me to be my best self;… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
If we always take the path of least resistance, if we embrace inertia, if we never leap, if we never accept accountability… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
It is easy to forget, since the Catholic Church is now the only large American religious denomination whose ecclesiastical hierarchy continues to… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The goal of any true resistance is to affect outcomes, not just to vent. And the only way to affect outcomes and… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
It is no credit to the orthodox that they do not now believe all the absurdities that were believed 150 years ago.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series… — Karl E. Weick Copy Share Image
If anybody attacks us we will readjust and mobilise ourselves for action immediately. That will be the end of the ceasefire if… — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a… — Kurt Hahn Copy Share Image
That the government's power under the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a strike by injunction so clearly strengthens the hand of the employer-even… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
We explore within postures everything we deal with in life: the interplay between resistance and surrender; establishing stability and maintaining flexibility; learning… — Brenda Strong Copy Share Image
I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
The real resistance now is to an art which forces its audience to recognize and accept imaginatively, in their nerve ends, not… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance. Things seem to take so much… — Mitski Copy Share Image
I think reconciliation is Obama's goal - but the fight with the Republicans is like a fight with pit bulls, they never… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Political power goes much deeper than one suspects; there are centres and invisible, little-known points of support; its true resistance, its true… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
In U.S. history, war has served as an important diversionary tactic, causing the people at large to shift their attention away from… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Andrée De Jongh story led me to other stories of women who joined the Resistance in France. I found literally dozens of… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
In the beginning, in 2003, there was the Iraqi resistance, which didn't want the US occupation, then they developed Al Qaeda, but… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
If a British government experienced such a long and persistent resistance to domestic policy in England, then that policy would almost certainly… — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
We shouldn't just consider the desire of government to do what it wants to do. We should always consider the resistance of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Much more should have been achieved by a Labour Government in office and Labour pressure in opposition. Against the dogged resistance to… — Anthony Crosland Copy Share Image
Asymmetric balance creates greater reader interest. Pleasure derived from observing asymmetrical arrangements lies partly in overcoming resistances, which, consciously or not, the… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
The American expeditionary force would easily rout the Taliban in a conventional war - which is why there would not be one.… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
It is in general true that in order to create works of art one has to have leisure. On the other hand… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
They're going to clear cut your best thoughts for the sake of profit unless you learn to resist, because the profit system… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Today one might be tempted to say that patriotism is the last refuge of the tribal religion dedicated to the worship of… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
The disciple must have great power of endurance. Bear all evil and misery without one thought of unhappiness, resistance, remedy, or retaliation.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In theatre, presence is the matrix of power; the postmodern theatre of resistance must therefore both expose the collusion of presence with… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
When people ask us how long does it take for something to manifest, we say, It takes as long as it takes… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
