Quotes About Autonomy

But if you think that only what is yours is yours, and that what is not your own is, just as it is, not your own, then no one will ever coerce you, no one will hinder you, you will blame no one, you will not accuse anyone, you will not do a single thing unwillingly, you will have no enemies, and no one will harm you, because you will not be harmed at all.

Freedom consists of conforming to the will of the majority.

A woman's right to choose — yes, I believed in that, theoretically and actually. Though I also believed in a man's right to be consulted.

Adrian also took charge of his own life, he took command of it, he took it in his hands—and then out of them. How few of us—we that remain—can say that we have done the same? We muddle along, we let life happen to us, we gradually build up a store of memories. There is the question of accumulation, but not in the sense that Adrian meant, just the simple adding up and adding on of life. And as the poet pointed out, there is a difference between addition and increase.

He took his own life' is the phrase; but Adrian also took charge of his own life, he took command of it, he took it in his hands—and then out of them. How few of us—we that remain—can say that we have done the same?

And as for her more general advice, let's say that one advantage of being an ex-husband is that you no longer need to justify your behaviour. Or follow suggestions.

I was anxious to take some action that I could control; to establish something that was mine alone.

Stop trying to save me. You couldn't then; you can't now.

To her mind, things had been settled between them. I will keep my own counsel from now on. She

You may be your own best helper, if you choose the right path.

The most reasonable of requests felt burdensome if a person had no choice in the matter.

Why should I change to please some man? If he doesn't like me the way I am, then he can get some other girl for his wife.

I learned that in the end, only I was responsible for my actions.

We all take our own ways. We all make our own choices, for good or ill.

Just because you're bron to someone, it doesn't mean you belong to them.

If you are free, you are not predicatable and you are not controllable.

If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.

I wanted no grand mission, no 'causes,' just a life - a quiet, perhaps a frivolous life - of my own.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

Fiecare îÅŸi are propria lui filosofie, care nu i se potriveÅŸte decît lui.

If this is what you came for, then I didn't send for you. Kafka (note to himself in journal)

Sweet? Submissive? May as well be a housewife Ã¢â'¬Â¦ it dims my luster, makes me resemble others—that's the worst thing that could happen.

the more we do for a child the less he will do for himself. If we give him watered-down material, many explanations, much questioning, if we over-moralize, depend on the work book to work the mind, what thinking is left for the child to do?

What is the difference between freedom and hedonism? Between freedom and insanity?