I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
