Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
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.
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.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
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.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
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.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
