Quotes about Independence

Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.

You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.

For if all the men in the world looked upon you as more happy than themselves, then you would be contented. Oh, do not let your happiness depend upon the fancies of other men.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries. My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people. Beyond all people in the world. Now we are joined together and have been since noon. And no one to help either one of us.

Clearly I miss Him, having been brought up in religion. But now a man must be responsible to himself.

You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be bitch.

Vaguely he wanted a girl but he did not want to have to work to get her. He would have liked to have a girl but he did not want to have spend a long time getting her. He did not want to get into the intrigue and the politics. He did not want to have to do any courting. He did not want to tell any more lies. It wasn't worth it. He did not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to live along without consequences.

We can choose not to allow the choices and actions of someone else to dictate our own.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely ignored today.