It took the Church until 1832 to remove Galileo 's work from its list of books which Catholics were forbidden to read… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches and in punishment there is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There was a time when I stopped singing, between 16 and 19, but that was done on purpose, maybe as a punishment,… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
Those is power being largely corrupt, recognize that a non functional and corrupt judiciary will allow them to escape punishment even when… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
There is a tendency to dehumanize kids that commit crimes. The system is focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. These kids are… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
To rule by fettering the mind through fear of punishment in another world is just as base as to use force. — Hypatia Copy Share Image
Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Whatever good you would do out of fear of punishment, or hope of reward hereafter, the Atheist would do simply because it… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
Your religion assumes that people are children and need a boogeyman so they'll behave. You want people to believe in God so… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding… — Stephen Bright Copy Share Image
The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The first time you went to the gym, to be trained and worked out, there'd be about four or five wrestlers, they'd… — George Steele Copy Share Image
He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
The 'Course in Miracles' says one day you will realize that death is not the punishment but the reward. And it says… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
By creating false environment of a war on drugs, and cruel and unusual punishment with these crimes, 50% of our U.S. population… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
What's the difference between pleasure and torture? Pleasure is thinking of you & torture is thinking of you too much. — Norden Copy Share Image
All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment… — Claudius Claudianus Copy Share Image
I deplore the horrible crime of child-murder...We want prevention, not merely punishment. We must reach the root of the evil, and destroy… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is… — Yakov Smirnoff Copy Share Image
I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences. — Marshall Rose Copy Share Image
In case anybody asks you about my position on capital punishment, you can tell them I favor it; and if they want… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“I believe that forgiveness given prematurely is its own form of punishment. When the hand is offered before the heart says it's… — Jax Peters Lowell Copy Share Image
“If you do good things only because you fear punishment or rejection if you don’t, does it really count? Think about it.… — Kimberly Giles Copy Share Image
Prison, with its daily rhythm, with the transfer and the defense, does not leave any time; prison dissolves time: This is the… — Antonio Negri Copy Share Image
Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp) — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
Daniel didn't have to shoulder his punishment alone anymore. It was something they could do together. — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
I've never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
“(…)man holds the remedy in his own hands, and lets everything go its own way, simply through cowardice- that is an axiom.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He took all of the humiliation, rejection, and punishment I could throw at him, and still he continued to park himself two… — Nicky Copy Share Image
