Quotes About Autonomy

Doesn't it seem to you that acting against one's will, under protest and compulsion, is tantamount to being a slave?

Some things are up to us and some are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions—in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices, or, that is, whatever is not our own doing. The things that are up to us are by nature free, unhindered, and unimpeded; the things that are not up to us are weak, enslaved, hindered, not our own.

Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave.

there is but one way to freedom - to despise what is not in our power.

Some things are up to us and some are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions – in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices. . .

not even God has the power of coercion over us'.

Therefore your will is your own business too.

If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet, how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you.

No one has power over our principles, and what other people do control we don't care about.

No man is free unless he is the master of himself.

O senhor de si mesmo é aquele que possui o poder de conservar ou repelir as coisas desejadas ou não desejadas.

No person is free who is not master of themselves.

Working within our sphere of control, we are naturally free, independent, and strong. Beyond that sphere, we are weak, limited, and dependent.

But the tyrant will chain …' What? Your legs. 'But he'll cut off …' What? Your head. What is he incapable, then, of chaining up or cutting off? Your power of choice.

Where are you going to find serenity and independence – in something free, or something enslaved?

Who is there left for me to fear, and over what has he control? Not what is in my power, because no one controls that except myself. As for what is not in my power, in that I take no interest.

No man can rob us of our Will—no man can lord it over that!

Some things are up to us, and some things are not up to us.

What else is freedom but the power to live our life the way we want? 'Nothing.

distinguish between your own and not your own, the things which are in your power and not in your power

When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval.

If you wish to be free, do not desire anything that depends on another, lest you make them your master.

Free is the person who lives as he wishes - And cannot be coerced, impeded, or compelled, whose impulses cannot be thwarted, who always gets what he desires, and never has to experience what he would rather avoid.

Our master is anyone who has the power to implement or prevent the things that we want or don't want. Whoever wants to be free, therefore, should wish for nothing or avoid nothing that is up to other people.