To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
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.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
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.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
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.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
