The mind

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

~Saint Augustine

Nonresistance

"Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe."

— Eckhart Tolle

Whatever you fight

"Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists."

— Eckhart Tolle

Most people

"Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility."

-- Sigmund Freud

Consciousness

Consciousness naturally resists anything uncounsious and unkown.

~Carl G. Jung

The dread

The dread and resistance which every natural human being experiences when it comes to delving too deeply into himself is, at bottom, the fear of the journey to Hades.

~C.G. Jung

The trouble with

The trouble with resisting temptation is you may not get another chance.

~Laurence Peter