Quotes About Autonomy

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

We have to believe in free will. Weve got no choice.

We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.

Nobody ever told me what to read, or ever put poetry in my way.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

It follows that these people [INTJs] cannot be successfully coerced. They will not even be told anything without their permission, but they will accept an offer of facts, opinions, or theories, for free consideration;

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

The mere existence of alternatives is not . . . enough to make my action free.

Er bestaat geen noodzakelijk verband tussen individuele vrijheid en democratie.

Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep.

Let every fox take care of his own tail.

Decide for yourself. Everybody reacts in a different way.

Birine ruh yap?s?n?n ne biçim olduÄŸunu aç?klamak, dilediÄŸi gibi davranmas?na izin vermenin bir yoludur.

P8- mere existence of school discourages and disables the poor from taking control of their own learning.

Man's consciously lived fragility, individuality and relatedness make the experience of pain, of sickness and of death an integral part of his life. The ability to cope with this trio autonomously is fundamental to his health. As he becomes dependent on the management of his intimacy, he renounces his autonomy and his health must decline.

Only free men can change their minds and be surprised; and while no men are completely free, some are freer than others.

Le vélo élève la mobilité autogène de l'homme jusqu'à un nouveau degré, au-delà duquel il n'y a plus en théorie de progrès possible. À l'opposé, la cabine individuelle accélérée a rendu les sociétés capables de s'engager dans un rituel de la vitesse qui progressivement les paralyse.

Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.

You don't get to tell people how to love you; you get to choose if you want to participate in the way they love.

Only one who takes over his own life history can see in it the realization of his self. Responsibility to take over one's own biography means to get clear about who one wants to be.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

Whatever the national or world scene and whatever the economy or the tide of war and peace, each of us has to live out our own lives.

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.