Quotes About Autonomy

Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.

If you don't state a clear preference, then your drink is like a bad game of poker or a hasty drug transaction: It is whatever the dealer says it is. Please do try to bear this in mind.

Who but a slave thanks his master for what his master has decided to do without bothering to consult him.

Orwell's] very ordinariness is the sterling guarantee that we need no saintly representative consciences. We would do better to make sterner use of our own.

Fine, as the tailor said to the broke and naked knight, suit yourself.

Any freedom that can be given can be taken away.

I have nothing, so I am slave to nothing. I have nothing to do, so nothing makes me its slave.

Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do

I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will.

You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.

I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

No dejes que la desaprobación de los demás dicte tus actos.

If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's approval dictate your actions

I won't tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered...

It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

Wear it, Eragon. If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

You must retain your freedom, for in it lies your true power: the ability to make choices independent of any leader or king.

You cannot help but be human, yet you do not have to be bound by what those around you believe.

If wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

A place where we are responsible for our own actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and because it is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment. I won't tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

I'll fight when needed, revel when there's occasion, mourn when there is grief, and die if my time comes … but I won't let anyone use me against my will.

It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

survive without pledging our loyalty to one