All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. Author: Flannery O'Connor Copy Quote More from Flannery O'Connor “Meeks was telling him about the value of work. He said that it had been his per…” “She felt that she would have to be much more than just a doctor or an engineer.…” “The virtue of hope, in Enoch, was made up of two parts suspicion and one part l…” “I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be …”