If we just accepted what life dealt us with "nonresistance" (a major sticking point for Tolle) we'd live a more blissful existence. From Wordnik.com. [Erin Gates: A Pessimist's New Earth] Reference
The conclusions of his studies and thinking had the disagreeable effect of leading him away from Garrison's doctrine of "nonresistance" and "disunion.". From Wordnik.com. [Frederick Douglass] Reference
The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » More on gun registration, and guns at POTUS speeches:] Reference
Inner nonresistance to whatever is or happens is a denial of the absolute reality of form. From Wordnik.com. [Botswana 2008: Attitude Adjustment] Reference
The doctrine of nonresistance had been dear to the Anglican divines. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
The Tories had formerly taken their stand on the principle of nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
Having said this, I am far from preaching nonresistance - quite the contrary. From Wordnik.com. [The Moscow Times] Reference
Lochiel would undoubtedly have laughed the doctrine of nonresistance to scorn. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
In spite of his nonresistance doctrine, Tolstoy's courage was not of the passive order. From Wordnik.com. [The Forged Coupon] Reference
It was therefore necessary to maintain the great principle of nonresistance in all its integrity. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
But, in mid-evening, something occurred, to change his viewpoint, in this matter of nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
The Gaelic population was far indeed from holding the doctrines of passive obedience and nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
Even the women among the public officials and political leaders were inclined to a policy of nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory] Reference
When the Rye House Plot was detected, he had zealously defended by tongue and pen the doctrine of nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
We have spoken of those who dwell upon the Master's nonresistance as a model of passivity in the presence of evil. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding the Scriptures] Reference
As for obeying the law, the point of Satyagraha, nonviolent nonresistance, is precisely to take public action against. From Wordnik.com. [Informed Comment] Reference
One striking feature of our Lord's spirit and doctrine was that of “nonresistance” of personal or bodily enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Labors of Elder John Kline the Martyr Missionary]
The object of this work was to show that the Christians of the fourth century did not hold the doctrine of nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
Passages were quoted from the licenser's writings to prove that he held the doctrines of passive obedience and nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
This chapter, therefore, would be incomplete if it did not record a certain theory of nonresistance or rather universal good will which I. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes] Reference
Peace and good-will, and love and nonresistance, had been the burden of the Nazarene's teaching; would he put his preaching into practice?. From Wordnik.com. [Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ] Reference
Trelawney, the Bishop, who had entirely unlearned in the Tower the doctrine of nonresistance, was the first to welcome the Prince's troops. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
Indeed the advantages of nonresistance in such cases are innumerable, and there are no advantages whatever in resistance and unwillingness. From Wordnik.com. [The Freedom of Life] Reference
So that occasions for fulfilling the commandment of nonresistance to evil by force are taught for the most part as occasions for not fulfilling it. From Wordnik.com. [The Kingdom of God Is Within You] Reference
But the doctrine of nonresistance, such as it had been taught by Anglican divines in the days of the Rye House Plot, was immovably fixed in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
That the power of William, as well as the power of Cromwell, had an illegitimate origin, no divine who held the doctrine of nonresistance would dispute. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
For, in the times when nonresistance and passive obedience were the favourite themes of his brethren, he had scarcely ever alluded to politics in the pulpit. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
The great body of the Anglican clergy had, during many years, thought it a sacred duty to inculcate on that day the doctrines of nonresistance and passive obedience. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
St. Asaph, and Trelawney, Bishop of Bristol, had, during their residence in the tower, reconsidered the doctrine of nonresistance, and were ready to welcome an armed deliverer. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
Ballou, who had taken part in the labors of Garrison the father, and had devoted fifty years of his life to advocating, both orally and in print, the doctrine of nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The Kingdom of God Is Within You] Reference
A compromise between two things which do not admit of compromise, resistance and nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2] Reference
The soundness of Bahá’u’lláh’s nonresistance policy has already been proved by results. From Wordnik.com. [Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era] Reference
nonresistance, law of, 161. From Wordnik.com. [Jumpstart Your Metabolism] Reference
It’s called the law of nonresistance. From Wordnik.com. [Jumpstart Your Metabolism] Reference
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