"The true free-will ain't a matter of choosing one of many choices...but of creating variety of options, then deciding the best choice of all."

Autonomy, Choice, Truth, Wisdom, Creation

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"Read what you like, not what you're told to like. That way you'll read for a lifetime."

Carew Papritz, American Author

Autonomy, Reading, Freedom, Choice, Curiosity

"Becoming a part of a movement doesn't help anybody think clearly."

Sam Harris, American Author

Autonomy, Conformity, Thinking, Independence, Clarity

"I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will."

Christopher Paolini, American Author

Autonomy, Freedom, Will, Strength, Honor

"My opinion is, of course, completely my own. I would not impose it on anyone else and decline any pressure to change it."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Autonomy, Opinion, Independence, Respect, Freedom

"But deciding not to have children is a very, very hard decision for a woman to make: the atmosphere is worryingly inconducive to saying, "I choose not to," or "it all sounds a bit vile, tbh." We call these women "selfish" The inference of the word "childless" is negative: one of lack, and loss. We think of nonmothers as rangy lone wolves--rattling around, as dangerous as teenage boys or men. We make women feel that their narrative has ground to a halt in their thirities if they don't "finish things" properly and have children."

Caitlin Moran, British Journalist

Autonomy, Choice, Women, Judgment

"It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Autonomy, Growth, Independence, Justice, Life

"But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn't spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I can't agree with a society that would force me to bet on how much I could love under duress."

Caitlin Moran, British Journalist

Autonomy, Choice, Risk, Responsibility

"If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Autonomy, Life, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"The true free-will ain't a matter of choosing one of many choices...but of creating variety of options, then deciding the best choice of all."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Autonomy, Choice, Truth, Wisdom, Creation

"Never adjust your day to suit someone else's happiness. When riding on God's good grace, roll with things your way."

Ron Baratono, American Poet

Autonomy, Faith, Boundaries, Self-Direction

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"I know that men are so eager to be one among the stars.I feel that damaged earth will never let men go off hand."

Environment

"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

Writing

"Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken."

Teaching

"Once upon a time in the land of Shinar, God came down to see the city and the tower. People were united and spoke in one language. Then God confound their language and caused them scattered all over the planet earth. I believe, because of our technology, there will be one computer-based language on earth. Then God will come back again and make us all scattered all over the stars constellation."

Religion

"I learn to trust someone I love..I learn to deal with heartbreak..I learn to forgive him who hurts.I never stop learning in this life."

Learning

"When you've succeeded, you'd say:'Indeed I'd to go through those hell before fit into all of this happiness."

Success

"General..behold the future of weaponry.""What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?""It's..technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!""It's..what?"

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"Read what you like, not what you're told to like. That way you'll read for a lifetime."

"Becoming a part of a movement doesn't help anybody think clearly."

"I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone use me against my will."

"My opinion is, of course, completely my own. I would not impose it on anyone else and decline any pressure to change it."

"It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one."

"But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn't spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I can't agree with a society that would force me to bet on how much I could love under duress."

"If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself."

"The true free-will ain't a matter of choosing one of many choices...but of creating variety of options, then deciding the best choice of all."

"Never adjust your day to suit someone else's happiness. When riding on God's good grace, roll with things your way."

Explore more quotes by Toba Beta

"I know that men are so eager to be one among the stars.I feel that damaged earth will never let men go off hand."

"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

"Wise man can make people hearmore lessons than words spoken."

"I learn to trust someone I love..I learn to deal with heartbreak..I learn to forgive him who hurts.I never stop learning in this life."

"Sacredness inspires respect."

"Provocation is on the opposite lane of resolution."

"Not all good things come from good people."

"When you've succeeded, you'd say:'Indeed I'd to go through those hell before fit into all of this happiness."

"General..behold the future of weaponry.""What the hell I am seeing here, Colonel?""It's..technologart of ancient weaponry, Sir!""It's..what?"