I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
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.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
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.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
