150 Quotes About Autonomy

A big part of growing up is bringing all of yourself into a space, not just the parts of yourself that relate to the people in the room.

Freedom is essential to the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is essential to artistic evolution and expression. Freedom is essential to the expansion of the human mind. Freedom is essential to the development and application of basic humanitarianism.Freedom is essential to the creation of an individual's will, motivations, preferences, and unique talents. In essence, freedom is essential to the success and progress of humanity.

It's not the cruel criticism from folks who hate us that scares us away from our Knowing; it's the quiet concern of those who love us.

It is not commercial success but originality and proof of autonomy which are admired.

The first step away from being manipulated, and towards a more autonomous outlook, is to stand back from a set of responses and think.

I have come to believe that the very modes of life and thinking that strike most people in the West as antiquated or 'limiting' can liberate us, while the Western dream of autonomy and choice without limits is, in fact, a prison; that the quest to define ourselves on our own is a kind of El Dorado, driving to madness the many who seek after it; that for our best, highest selves to soar, other parts of us must be tied down, enclosed, limited, bound.

But one thing I learned from the Saints,when the crossroads are open t you, you must decide a path.I will not stand still while the world makes my choices.

True autonomy is preceded by the experience of being dependent. True liberation can be found only beyond the deep ambivalence of infantile dependence.

The bigger one's shoulders, the easier it is to shrug things off.