#resistance

People tend to resist a change into something new and different. But after it's succeded, they easily say that the change is a must. ↗

— Toba Beta

#must #new #old #resistance #change

Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance? ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#art

Resistance is common to the unusual. ↗

— Toba Beta

#life #resistance #unusual #life

Wahrscheinlich kann man vom Nichtwollen seelisch nicht leben; eine Sache nicht tun wollen, das ist auf Dauer kein Lebensinhalt. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#meaning-of-life #negativity #refusal #resistance #life

If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also... but of course if you were able to stand soberly after the first slap. ↗

— Toba Beta

#emotional #evil #life #patient #resistance

Resistance is implacable, intractable, indefatigable. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#art

Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again. ↗

— Ulrike Meinhof

#happens #i #make #me #never

Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#belgian #belgium #broken #dash #day

I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion. ↗

— Ricardo Montalban

#biceps #enormous #found #grows #had

However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#camp #certain #certain degree #changes #civil