Quotes About Autonomy

You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.

UnLondon would have to look after itself. She wasn't the Shwazzy. She was just someone. How could just someone be any help, whatever was going on?

Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

If you don't like my story,write your own

It's realizing that I can do this. I'm in charge.

After age twenty-five, you're not a victim anymore — you're a volunteer.

I couldn't control what was done to me. But my response to it was in my control.

each person is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone

niente vale quanto essere il padrone di te stesso.

This was something I had achieved by myself, without having to depend on anyone. No one could take it away. That's what I want for you, my Tara, my Bela. That's what it really means to be a fortunate lamp.

Something had happened as I lay in the field, watching the sky, an understanding that I couldn't control the lives of others—but neither could they control mine.

Kalau ada yang meraih tanganku melawan kehendakku, bagaimana mungkin itu menjadikan aku miliknya? Akulah yang memutuskan siapa yang memiliki aku." -Panchali

Dear Anju, for whom love means that we must want the same thing, always. That we must be the same. She has not yet learned that ultimately each person - even Anjali and Basudha - is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone.

My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.

I can never consent to being dictated to as to what I shall or shall not do. I, as President, shall be responsible for my administration.

He likens the physical being to a car, and the spiritual being to the driver. And possession is like carrying a passenger who shares the driving. And occasionally takes the car out for a spin without telling you. And maybe ties you up and stuffs you in the trunk.

I am single and not looking to be in a relationship.

You know, it's possible for two humans to be in a relationship without there needing to be some public reason for that relationship.

Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.

Young people need to be loved, to put it as plainly as possible. They need to be engaged, challenged, mentored, and enjoyed. They, like every human being, need to be appropriately cared for, no matter how autonomous and self-sufficient they may think they are.

American sociology as a collective enterprise is at heart committed to the visionary project of realizing the emancipation, equality, and moral affirmation of all human beings as autonomous, self-directing, individual agents (who should be) out to live their lives as they personally so desire, by constructing their own favored identities, entering and exiting relationships as they choose, and equally enjoying the gratification of experiential, material, and bodily pleasures.