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Personal Autonomy Quotes

“It takes courage to acknowledge you want something different, say, “Good for her, but not for me,” or “Good for you, but not for me,” and ignite a path that no one in your family ever took.”

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Book:She's Intense: A Guide to Self-Respect and Personal Autonomy

Source: She's Intense: A Guide to Self-Respect and Personal Autonomy

“Human beings possess the gift of personal freedom and liberty of the mind. We each possess the sovereignty over the body and mind to define ourselves and embrace the values that we wish to exemplify. Personal autonomy enables humans to take independent action and use reason to establish moral values. We are part of nature. Consciousness, human cognition, and awareness of our own mortality allow us to script an independent survival reality and not merely react to environmental forces.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Every person intuitively seeks personal independence, the ability to exercise autonomy over the course that his or her life takes.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Most women are all too familiar with men like Calvin Smith. Men whose sense of prerogative renders them deaf when women say, "No thanks," "Not interested," or even "Fuck off, creep.”

Source: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

“The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.”

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Book:Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

Source: Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture

“As with all semantic difficulties, the answer can only be arbitrary. What matters is that we know what kind of union we are talking about when we speak of love. Do we refer to love as the mature answer to the problem of existence, or do we speak of those immature forms of love which may be called symbiotic union?”

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Book:THE ART OF LOVING

Source: THE ART OF LOVING

“and, of course, the self-accursation, the faint heart, the frequent uncertainty and loss of time, which are the nettles and tangling vines in the way of the self-relying and self-directed; and the state of virtual hostility in which he seems to stand to society. For all this loss and scorn, what offset? He is to find consolation in exercising the highest functions of human nature. He is one who raises himself from private considerations and breathes and lives on public and illustrious thoughts. He is the world's eye.”

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Book:The American Scholar: Self-Reliance, Compensation

Source: The American Scholar: Self-Reliance, Compensation

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Book:The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance

Source: The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance