Quotes About Autonomy

On peut toujours faire quelque chose de ce que l'on a fait de nous. »

El hombre esta alienado, pero antes de estar alienado fue libre. Solo le queda reconquistar su libertad.

This new philosophical psychology can in this respect be traced back to Maine de Biran, for even if in his time scientific psychology was unaware of its autonomy, and even if Biranian psychology was only critical of that of the empiricists, Biran believed in the Kantian distinction of noumena and phenomena and took care to limit his inquiry to the latter alone, which did not prevent him from extending it in the form of idealist speculations.

She'll have no lover, for I don't want her and she'll see no other.

I have been here five days. I have decided on a place to eat in at midday, a place to eat in at night, a place to have my drink in after dinner. I have arranged my little life.

There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.

Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.

The free man never thinks of escape.

What sex are you?" Doesn't matter does it? After all that's your problem." If I keep you, what will happen?" You'll have a difficult, different time." Is it worth it?" That's up to you.

I can change the story. I am the story.

There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.

A woman who slaves for a man does not have a marriage; she has a master.

In this life you have to be your own hero. By that I mean you have to win whatever it is that matters to you by your own strength and in your own way.

What you are pursuing is meaning -- a meaningful life. There's the hap -- the fate, the draw that is yours, and it isn't fixed, but changing the course of the stream, or dealing new cards, whichever metaphor you want to use -- that's going to take a lot of energy. There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realize that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.

If you want to keep your own teeth, make your own sandwiches

Take no notice of anyone you don't respect.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others, but remains more of a slave than they are. -

Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.

Man's first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master.

T]he mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescribe to ourselves is liberty.

Die Freiheit des Menschen liegt nicht darin, dass er tun kann, was er will, sondern dass er nicht tun muss, was er nicht will.

To be driven by our appetites alone is slavery, while to obey a law that we have imposed on ourselves is freedom.

Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.

Hasta entonces me había hablado de mí solo, como a un niño; desde aquel momento empezó a tratarme como a un hombre, y me habló de sí misma. Me