Quotes about Autonomy

It means what you are, wanting what you want and going after it without a sens od shame. People are slaves to rules.

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.

Missão, Tereza, é uma palavra idiota. Eu não tenho missão. Ninguém tem missão. E é um alÃ

God could have programmed us as robots to do whatever he tells us, but then we'd never have the freedom to love and worship him.

The love of freedom is actually an aberration.

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

As Henry Ford II said, "Never complain, never explain." No one makes you do anything or feel anything. You are where you are and what you are because you have decided to be there. Everything that you are or ever will be is entirely up to you. If there is any effect in your life that you're not happy about, it is solely up to you to change the causes. You are completely responsible.

You are a "choosing organism." You are constantly making choices, one way or the other. Every choice you make is a statement about your true values and priorities. At each moment, you choose what is more important or of higher value to you over what is less important or of lesser value.

Am I going to spend the rest of my life trying to get some kind of approval from him that he's never going to give?

I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.

For true love to be there, you need to feel complete in yourself, not needing something from outside.

I don't want people following Jon Kabat-Zinn. I want them following themselves.