The harder Bucephalus ran, the sooner he got tired out. The more vicious the police response to civil disobedience, the more sympathetic the cause becomes. The more they fight, the easier it becomes. The harder you fight, the less you’ll achieve (other than exhaustion). So it goes with our problems. Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, loc. 1377. Kindle Edition