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• Resist much, obey little.

  Walt Whitman

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Walt Whitman (2013). “Leaves of Grass”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• I can resist everything except temptation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  Lady Windermere's Fan act 1 (1892) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Mae West 19; Wilde 25

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• Once we agree with God that we exist for His pleasure and His glory, we can accept whatever comes into our lives as a part of His sovereign will and purpose. We will not resent, resist, or reject the hard things, but embrace them as friends, sovereignly designed by God to make us more like Jesus and to bring glory to Himself.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  God, Religious, Jesus

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• One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.

  Victor Hugo

  Wisdom, Army, Ideas

  Victor Hugo (1909). “The History of a Crime”

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• I am iron resisting the most enormous magnet there is.

  Rumi

  Iron, Enormous, Magnet

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• Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.

  Laozi

  Judging, Mind, Taoism

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• I don't have the Big Idea. I don't have the arrogance to even want to have the Big Idea. But I believe the physics of resisting power is as old as the physics of accumulating power. That's what keeps the balance in the universe... the refusal to obey.

  Arundhati Roy

  Believe, Ideas, Arrogance

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Effort, Mind, Expecting

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• Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.

  Pema Chodron

  Suffering, Causes, Happenings

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• Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its fierce, ruthless, and loving grace.

  Adyashanti

  Reality, Grace, Challenges

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• Becoming less focused on the past and future and not resisting the moment is how to overcome fear, physical pain, and all suffering.

  Lee L Jampolsky

  Pain, Past, Suffering

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

  Aeschylus

  Destiny, Knowing, Bears

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• Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance.

  Deepak Chopra

  Emotional, Way, Resistance

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Aug 20, 2010

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• The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists in giving to the edges of the pyramid a curve of such a nature that this pyramid shall be capable of resisting the force of the wind without necessitating the junction of the edges by diagonals as is usually done.

  Gustave Eiffel

  Science, Curves, Wind

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• Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived, have forced me to take a part in resisting them, and to commit myself on the boisterous ocean of political passions.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Ocean, Passion, Commitment

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.32, Cambridge University Press

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• Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that things have no lasting substance, that everything is changing all the time-that is the basic message.

  Pema Chodron

  Buddhism, Squares, Suffering

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• You cannot resist something to which you grant no reality. The act of resisting a thing is the act of granting it life. When you resist an energy, you place it there. The more you resist, the more you make it real-whatever it is you are resisting." "Every human being is as special as every other human being who has ever lived, lives now, or every will live. You are all meesengers. Every one of you. You are carrying a message to life about life every day. Every hour. Every moment.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Real, Inspirational Life, Special

  "Conversations With God: Book One". Book by Neale Donald Walsch, January 22, 2009.

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• One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of the means to power and coercion. It is, of course, natural to assume that these difficulties are not inherent in the nature of civilization itself but are determined by the imperfections of the cultural forms which have so far been developed.

  Sigmund Freud

  Mean, Civilization, Imperfection

  Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Carrie Lee Rothgeb (1961). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

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• When I do things my way, I exhaust pleasure very quickly. It is not that Christianity has failed to teach me how to delight in God's presence; it is that I have failed by seeking pleasure through godless ways or by resisting God's provision for me because it is not what I want.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Humanity, Delight, Want

  Ravi Zacharias (2010). “Has Christianity Failed You?”, p.98, Zondervan

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• Pain is physical; suffering is mental. Beyond the mind there is no suffering. Pain is essential for the survival of the body, but none compels you to suffer. Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting; it is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Pain, Moving, Inspiration

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• There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse.

  Daniel Goleman

  Skills, Fundamentals, Psychological

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.137, Bantam

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• Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.

  James L. Buckley

  Running, Temptation, Soul

  James L Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.90, Encounter Books

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• Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument. If you do this consistently - if you stop fighting and resisting - you will fully experience the present, which is a gift. Someone once told me, "The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called 'the present'."

  Deepak Chopra

  Fighting, Past, Views

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.43, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• My resisting being mistreated on the bus did not begin with that particular arrest…I did a lot of walking in Montgomery.

  Rosa Parks

  Bus, Mistreated, Particular

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• Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Moving, Suffering, Flow

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