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.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
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.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
