Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
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 don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
