To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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 thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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.
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.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
