It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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.
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.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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!
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
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.
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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
