Quotes about Autonomy

no girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself.

Either you think - or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

I think everyone needs to feel they've created something that was their own, on their own terms.

man who lives under his own supervision, alone in the whole world

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

But at long last she had some privacy and could go more than ten minutes without someone getting in her business, informing her that everything she did was wrong. As if she didn't already know that.

I was not pleased to be sent from my mother, but I occupied myself, a skill learned by children who must sometimes act older than their age.

each of us has knowledge of how to live life differently that no one taught us, and that we can find this knowledge inside ourselves and put it to use.

Be wary of people who play up to your weaknesses as a way to convince you that you need them in your life. They'll try to make you think you're not smart enough on your own. You're not talented enough, and you need them to make up for what you're lacking. Don't believe those lies.

If you allow it, people will run your life. They'll tell you what to do, where to go, how to dress, and how to spend your money. It's good to get free from addictions, free from anxiety, and free from depression, but one of the greatest freedoms is to get free from controlling people.