#autonomy

At our present bad moment, we need above all to recover our sense of literary individuality and of poetic autonomy. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#individuality #age

in flow, the relationship between what a person had to do and what he could do was perfect. The challenge wasn't too easy. Nor was it too difficult. It was a notch or two beyond his current abilities, which stretched the body and mind in a way that made the effort itself the most delicious reward. That balance produced a degree of focus and satisfaction that easily surpassed other, more quotidian, experiences. In flow, people lived so deeply in the moment, and felt so utterly in control, that their sense of time, place, and even self melted away. They were autonomous, of course. But more than that, they were engaged. ↗

— Daniel H. Pink

#engagement #flow #experience

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing. ↗

— Eve Ensler

#carpe-diem #cherish #enjoy-life #self-empowerment #self-reliance

Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#journey #self-reliance #travel

How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#poems #poetry #career

The proverb warns that, 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ↗

— Thomas Stephen Szasz

#independence #self-reliance #independence

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#children #decision #desires #encourage #give

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family. ↗

— Jennifer Ehle

#autonomy #been #brief #close #family

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#autonomy #possibility #prepared #risk #starving

First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy. ↗

— Mikhail Saakashvili

#based #desire #first #foremost #georgia