Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
