Quotes About Autonomy

New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what the hell the rest of the United States is.

In March, 1902, I resigned, determined never again to put myself under orders. The Detroit Automobile Company later became the Cadillac Company under the ownership of the Lelands, who

I ask no one who may read this book to accept my views. I ask him to think for himself.

The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was her having a mind of her own at all. Her mind was to be his—attached to his own like a small garden plot to a deer park.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.

Si usted lo acepta todo, usted se convierte en nada.

We can make our own choices. We get to choose how we react to all that happens to us.

A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life — provided he go his own way.... To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life -- provided he go his own way. He need not and should not think of making a good living, but rather of creating a good life for himself. To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.

You have to get away from them. You have to get as far away as you can otherwise they'll kill you with their lives. They don't know what they do. They are careless with themselves and they take too much for granted. They make their shortcomings your problem. The only way to keep your head above it and heal your wounds is to crawl away.

I do my best to limit the amount of compromise in my life so I have more time to do what I want. Not hanging out with many people really helps. I am not a people person and I spend a great deal of time on my own and in this environment, I get a lot done.

People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf.

Sometimes a friend isn't a friend. Sometimes a friend is a bad thing waiting to happen. You need to get some time to yourself. When you feel the need to bolt—bolt. Most of this shit you work out on your own anyway. You know what I'm talking about.

Being non-reliant on people for contentment is a strength. Even when I feel like I want to be around people, I starve it out and make it die. I think it's the right thing to do.

Stay away from people They'll slow you down and break your heart

One is the perfect number. The more things I do alone the better. In Miller's Black Spring he talks about the joy of being able to enjoy one's own company. I think there's nothing better than being a loner. I think it's the best way to be.

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

"Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

Stepan Arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves, just as he did not choose the shapes of his hat and coat, but simply took those that were being worn.

I can't live except by my own heart.

Olenin always took his own path and had an unconscious objection to the beaten tracks.