Haruki Murakami Quotes

When one has genuinely chosen a course for oneself it cannot be possible to hold another responsible for it.

Our thoughts and our conduct are our own.

Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.

I believe we've been given free will, and we can take responsibility for our own lives and for creating our own environments - which I think at times can be a little much for people to deal with.

Autonomy... is freedom to develop one's self - to increase one's knowledge, improve one's skills, and achieve responsibility for one's conduct. And it is freedom to lead one's own life, to choose among alternative courses of action so long as no injury to others results.

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

Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

You are the sum total of the choices you make every day.

People will always have an opinion, but you have to live life the way you want to. It's very easy to tell others what to do, but difficult to implement it on yourself.

A man is accountable to no person for his doings.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

It's my life and my death.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

When people stop believing they are free agents, they stop seeing themselves as blameworthy for their actions.

My words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.'

For why should my freedom be judged by another’s conscience?

Ultimately the person, even the child, must choose for himself.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can. I've been criticized on many, many occasions, because of - acquaintances, and what have you.

If I lead my life according to someone else, I've screwed my life up.