1082  The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

1869  If we resist change, we’ll fail. If we accept change, we’ll survive and if we create change, we’ll succeed.

979  What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.

1138  I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

803  There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.