Quotes About Autonomy

Once there is no freedom, there is no man

A man having no freedom cannot be conceived of except as deprived of life.

Que ellos vivan como quieran y yo viviré también como me plazca. No puedo ser sino como soy. No es eso lo que quiero, no, no es eso...

You do the best you can and try not to think about the opinion of others.

It is impossible to imagine to oneself a man who has no freedom otherwise as deprived of life

Now then, leave the children to themselves

The authority of the Führer is not limited by checks and controls, by special autonomous bodies or individual rights, but it is free and independent, all-inclusive and unlimited," said Ernst Huber, an official party spokesman, in 1933.

Man has six organs to serve him and he is master only of three. He cannot control his eye, ear or nose, but he can his mouth, hand and foot.

If a man want cook, he hire one, nah? Or do it himself, if he have a mind.

They can herd you only because you can't herd yourselves. Forget the flock. Forget the dogs. Herd yourselves.

I am sure it would be very pleasant and healthy for human beings to have no authority whatever. They would have to think for themselves, instead of always being told what to do and think by advertisements, cinemas, policemen, and parliaments.

Joan Miró gave me some money one day and told me to get him some cigarettes. I gave it back and said if he wanted cigarettes, he could bloody well get them himself.

The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don't want to.

Your children are not little mirrors reflecting back the good or bad job you've done.

Please remember that your life is in your hands; your power and your future are waiting for you to direct them. Only you can stop being victimized and start thriving in your life.

Puppets go to sleep the moment they break free from their strings.

A free spirit myself, I secretly admired a freer one. To deny his right to chose his own path, was to deny myself that right, too.

He wasn't there to save her. She must know how to save herself.

I live proudly in a body of my own design. I defend my right to be complex.

I wished there was someone, somewhere I could ask: What should I do? But no such person existed in my world. I was the only expert on living my own life, the only person I could turn to for answers.

it was important for the people to understand that all around them lay human slavery, although most recently it had been called by other names. Everyone was or had been a slave to some other person or to something that was controlled by another. Most people were not free.

Saying "no" to yourself can be a way of saying "yes" to yourself.

When you give another person the power to define you, then you also give them the power to control you.

When you give another person the power to define you, then you also give them the power to control you. Here's