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
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I mean, an actor's got to be known for something. Typecasting is an unfortunate kind of reflex punishment for having done a… — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must… — John Shelby Spong 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
For we each of us deserve everything, every luxury that was ever piled in the tombs of the dead kings, and we… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Hate begets hate and if karma and punishment is the only language you understand then the road ahead will be rocky. — Tanushree Dutta Copy Share Image
“special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen… — Darren Wershler-Henry Copy Share Image
Because we do not understand all the circumstances surrounding someone's suicide, the level of the person's accountability, and the penalty that the… — Brent L. Top Copy Share Image
“Most of us have been deeply shaped by the false notion that in order for people to behave better they need to… — Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Copy Share Image
My daddy was the type that if you asked him, "Dad, am I going to get off punishment soon?" - he would… — Dreezy Copy Share Image
The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I had two elder brothers and they would thrash me if I do something wrong, then dad would thrash me. I think… — Ranvir Shorey Copy Share Image
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. Punishment is a fruit that unsuspected ripens within the flower of the pleasure which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the pressure of poverty: a new social organism… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“It’s common to reject or punish yourself when you’ve been rejected by others. When you experience disappointment from the way your family… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
