Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
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.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
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.
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!
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
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.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
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.
