Quotes About Autonomy

la mirada no se domina, a menudo actúa al margen de nuestras instrucciones y de nuestras censuras, o es que bajo ese pretexto le permitimos desobedecernos.

Can't a person lie on the floor simply because he wants to and because it suits him?

Socialization depends on both autonomy and interdependency; emphasizing one at the expense of the other compromises the balance.

We can be fully human without being in complete control of our world.

Home education may not be the choice for EVERYONE, but home education IS a choice for ANYONE.

Los eventos no poseen, al igual que el yo y los objetos, una existencia independiente y autónoma sino que son producto de una ideación.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...

Only you can control your future.

Don't count on others for help. In the end each of us is in this alone. The survivors are those who know how to look out for themselves.

the strength to survive must come from within. Others will always fail you. Friends, family, fellow soldiers Ã¢â'¬Â¦ in the end, each person must stand alone. When in need, look to the self.

Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline.

remember one thing only: that it's you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.

may I be I is the only prayer--not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong.

We have to be wary of our brains. They make our decisions before we make them. They lead us to still waters. They renounceth free will. And it gets weirder: If you slice a brain down the middle, the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere will operate self-sufficiently and not know what the other is doing.

Dimmi, Homer, possiamo davvero dirci liberi, se lo siamo solo quando ce lo permettono? (pag. 98)

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.

Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.

Love with her would be a field of action, not a need. She was complete whether she won or lost the world. She was her own fortress and her own sanctuary.

There was no use in trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion that she was not free;

Women ought to be free—as free as we are

Las mujeres deberían ser libres..., tan libres como nosotros —declaró, descubriendo algo cuyas terribles consecuencias estaba demasiado irritado para medir.

It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will . . . than to attempt to make men mere machines and instruments of a political benevolence.

Taking responsibility means you don't blame anyone else for your difficulties. It also means that you don't blame yourself.

I was three people: the boy who smelled bad when I was with my sister; the boy who was wise and kind beyond his years when I was with my mother; but when I was alone not a boy at all but a principle of power, of absolute power.