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Resisting Quotes

Resisting life, he finds that the Self is more than his own being; it includes the whole universe Picture Quote #1

Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you Picture Quote #1

We proceed by doubt, by trial and error, by resisting the impulse to lunge after certainty Picture Quote #1

Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself Picture Quote #1

I feel nothing but the accursed happiness I have dreaded all my life long: the happiness that comes as life goes, the happiness of yielding and dreaming instead of resisting and doing, the sweetness of the fruit that is going rotten Picture Quote #1

Whenever you made a choice, especially one you’d been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening Picture Quote #1

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It occurs to me that for a long time she has been doing her own version of resisting Picture Quote #1

Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance Picture Quote #1

My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels Picture Quote #1

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have Picture Quote #1

Defeat I shall not know. It shall not touch me. I will meet it with true thinking. Resisting it will be my strengthening. But if, perchance, the day shall give to me the bitter cup, it shall sweeten in the drinking Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The amount of stress in your life is determined by how much energy you expend resisting your life Picture Quote #1

Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well Picture Quote #1

Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well Picture Quote #1

Every atom is working and resisting every thought in the mind. Everything we see and know is but the resultant of these two forces Picture Quote #1

We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them Picture Quote #1

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream white media. We have to accent liberty and freedom of expression and thought in all their forms Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Initially charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest I was held for 36 hours, was beaten by cops and made to stand spread eagled against the cell wall for 12 hours with no food or water, until I collapsed. Everyone was strip searched on the way in Picture Quote #1

They’re not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it’s not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques Picture Quote #1

A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity Picture Quote #1

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Knowledge must be so absorbed into the mind that it ceases to exist in a separate, objective way... In 1797 the secret of the effectiveness of resisting to the last had not yet been discovered Picture Quote #1

Today, in twelve countries, young men are resisting conscription and refusing military service. They are the pioneers of a warless world Picture Quote #1

While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual and the sublime are suspect today, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art Picture Quote #1

If you’re resisting much needed advice, more important than wondering whether the other person is right is considering whether you’re wrong Picture Quote #1

I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Resisting life, he finds that the Self is more than his own being; it includes the whole universe (Resisting Quotes) Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you (Resisting Quotes) We proceed by doubt, by trial and error, by resisting the impulse to lunge after certainty (Resisting Quotes) Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself (Resisting Quotes) I feel nothing but the accursed happiness I have dreaded all my life long: the happiness that comes as life goes, the happiness of yielding and dreaming instead of resisting and doing, the sweetness of the fruit that is going rotten (Resisting Quotes) Whenever you made a choice, especially one you’d been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening (Resisting Quotes) It occurs to me that for a long time she has been doing her own version of resisting (Resisting Quotes) Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance (Resisting Quotes) My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels (Resisting Quotes) The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have (Resisting Quotes) Defeat I shall not know. It shall not touch me. I will meet it with true thinking. Resisting it will be my strengthening. But if, perchance, the day shall give to me the bitter cup, it shall sweeten in the drinking (Resisting Quotes) 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 (Resisting Quotes) The amount of stress in your life is determined by how much energy you expend resisting your life (Resisting Quotes) Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well (Resisting Quotes) Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well (Resisting Quotes) Every atom is working and resisting every thought in the mind. Everything we see and know is but the resultant of these two forces (Resisting Quotes) We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them (Resisting Quotes) Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be (Resisting Quotes) 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 (Resisting Quotes) Liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream white media. We have to accent liberty and freedom of expression and thought in all their forms (Resisting Quotes) 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 (Resisting Quotes) Initially charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest I was held for 36 hours, was beaten by cops and made to stand spread eagled against the cell wall for 12 hours with no food or water, until I collapsed. Everyone was strip searched on the way in (Resisting Quotes) They’re not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it’s not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques (Resisting Quotes) A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity (Resisting Quotes) Knowledge must be so absorbed into the mind that it ceases to exist in a separate, objective way... In 1797 the secret of the effectiveness of resisting to the last had not yet been discovered (Resisting Quotes) Today, in twelve countries, young men are resisting conscription and refusing military service. They are the pioneers of a warless world (Resisting Quotes) While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual and the sublime are suspect today, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art (Resisting Quotes) If you’re resisting much needed advice, more important than wondering whether the other person is right is considering whether you’re wrong (Resisting Quotes) I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart (Resisting Quotes) 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 (Resisting Quotes)

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