Quotes About Autonomy

I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.

Be cheerful, also, and seek not external help, nor the peace which others give. A man must stand straight, and not be kept straight by others.

The only real security is the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace.

What would you rather have, peace or freedom?

My life will end someday, but it will end at my convenience.

There are many who wish to be masters over others. Rare indeed is the man who wishes to be master of himself

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.

Joyful, joyful, joyful, as only dogs know how to be happy with only the autonomy of their shameless spirit.

Butch didn't live in his own place. He didn't spend his own money. He had no job, no future. He was a well-kept pet, not a man.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

What each individual wills is obstructed by everyone else, and what emerges is something that no one willed.

I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.

My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened to quit each time I didn't get my way, but no one ever let me walk out.

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.

Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.

The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.

The heart of the liberal philosophy is a belief in the dignity of the individual, in his freedom to make the most of his capacities and opportunities according to his own lights.

Rights might be universal but their enforcement must be local.