I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
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.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
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.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
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 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.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
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.
