according to your lights

according to (one's) own lights

Based on one's beliefs or inclinations. You may not agree with Kara's free-spirited lifestyle, but she has always lived according to her own lights. Come on, you're 30 years old now—you really need to break away from your parents and start living according to your own lights! I don't feel any shame about getting divorced. In fact, it mostly feels like a relief to finally be living according to my own lights!
See also: accord, lights, own, to
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according to your lights

in accordance with your own personal standards of morality or propriety.
See also: accord, lights, to
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"Of course, according to your lights, to your formula of the rule of the strong--"
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"I notice some regret in your voice," says Sandy, "and it is natural enough; but let bygones be bygones; you went according to your lights, and it is too late now to mend the thing."
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