A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
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 was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
