Quotes about Autonomy
No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.
- Napoleon Hill
Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.
- Abraham Lincoln
Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.
- John Quincy Adams
More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.
- Albert Camus
Every man is the painter and the sculptor of his own life.
- St. John Chrysostom
No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave.
- Alexander Hamilton
Individual freedom must be established before corporate freedom can be realized, but
- Neil Anderson
The universe moves in the direction of Liberty.
- Michael Novak
A man who loses his privacy loses everything. And a man who gives it up of his own free will is a monster.
- Milan Kundera
It means what you are, wanting what you want and going after it without a sens od shame. People are slaves to rules.
- Milan Kundera
Missions are stupid, Tereza. I have no mission. No one has. And it's a terrific relief to realize you're free, free of all missions.
- Milan Kundera