Anger would inflict punishment on another; meanwhile, it tortures itself. — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
Love is a punishment. We are punished for not having been strong enough to remain alone. — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment. — Phaneesh Murthy Copy Share Image
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Being soft hearted often looks agonizingly similar to being soft headed. — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
Don't punish the one in front of you, for the mistakes made by the one behind you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Many parents are finding out that a pat on the back helps develop character - if given often enough, early enough, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we feel that we are unfairly punished or we are being taken advantage of, we have to remember this. There is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[I'm a conscious parent] when I stay away from fear-based control tactics - punishment, yelling and threats and I'm seeking more enlightened… — Shefali Tsabary Copy Share Image
He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Anger and the like are attributed to God on account of a similitude of effect. Thus, because to punish is properly the… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them,… — Xenophon Copy Share Image
There is no physical punishment in chess; suffering goes on inside the mind. You defend a bad position for hours, you suffer.… — Lubomir Kavalek Copy Share Image
The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Societies have debated the severity of punishment for vile acts over millennia, with complex moral arguments on both sides of the question.… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Islam can only be modernized from within. If I state that I condemn the practice of stoning, that this punishment is despicable,… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“All that shameless groveling. no wonder 'merapa wanted him to go. This was his punishment, a conclusion clearer than anything he'd witnessed… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
“We not only do not believe that man is punished for his 'sins,' but emphatically state that there is no such thing… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
One of my constant reminders is, 'End practice on a happy note.' I want the boys to want to come out to… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Any form of corporal punishment or 'spanking' is a violent attack upon another human being's integrity. The effect remains with the victim… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
“The concept behind prison is to keep the criminal away from society and—at least in an ideal world—to give him time to… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Young man,” he went on, raising his head again, “in your face I seem to read some trouble of mind. When you… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The alternative to forgiveness, but by no means its opposite, is punishment, and both have in common that they attempt to put… — Hannah Copy Share Image
St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of one's back… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image