Individuality

"The only people for me are the mad ones,
the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk
mad to be saved; desirous of everything at the same time.
The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing."

Jack Kerouac

Personal Sovereignty

"Personal sovereignty is the ability to know and practice self-determination in whatever circumstances you find yourself.   When you feel in control of your life, you know yourself to be the author of your own actions, and know that you always have choices."   Polly Young-Eisendrath

Sovereignty

"To be capable of personal sovereignty, you must come to know all of your desires.  When you know your own desires, then you can choose among them and begin to discriminate the various paths your desires may lead you down."  Polly Young-Eisendrath