Quotes About Autonomy

What are numbers knit By force or custom? Man who man would be, Must rule the empire of himself; in it Must be supreme, establishing his throne On vanquished will, quelling the anarchy Of hopes and fears, being himself alone.

Y vos? -Yo soy cosa mía.

It is both possible and necessary that we work with wolves without joining the pack.

I will live my life from now on, I will not perform it.

Many of us still suffer unnecessarily from abdicating such basic rights as the right to say no, the right to be treated with respect, and the right to have our own feelings, opinions, and preferences. Our health and future growth depends on us claiming and exercising these rights.

Children should never be forced to do more than they are willing and able to do.

To be insular is to be independent. But it is also to be alone.

Trump was often just one yes-man away from doing what he wanted. One attorney general. One military commander. One vice president.

As an individual free to create the world we live in, I carry the cause for how my boss and others respond to and treat me. Once I understand this and stop trying to control them, I can get on with the business of acting on what matters.

Being alone is a basic need of mine like food and water, but I realize it is not so for others.

She could marry this man, she knew, and still be captain of her soul.

Man is born free and is everywhere in chains

We have, all of us, less control over our emotional states than we imagine, and not much more over our moral sensibilities.

We have practically been conditioned to expect God to be our helicopter parent. And if for some reason we don't run to God to solve every little problem, from finding our car keys to deciding on color schemes for the nursery, we are told there is something deeply wrong with us spiritually. Phooey.

Who wants to wind up living in a theocracy?

Sometimes you just have to make the choice—because if you're in the position to make that choice, you have the right to make it.

Nor is she yours, not any more,' Greg replied. 'No longer your little girl. She makes her own choices now.

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

octopuses, far more than rats and pigeons, have their own ideas:

For an octopus, its arms are partly self

Do you want to attend to this book or do you want to read by yourself?" The student responded, "Read by myself.

Do you think that people determine their own lives, Smilla?" "The details," I say, "but the big things happen on their own.

The freer a society is, the more it leaves the family alone.

Freedom includes the freedom to be foolish, to be sick. Free choice includes the freedom to choose badly.