Animal Quote by Bob Marshall

“There are three conceivable kinds of punishment—first, that of mere retribution, which I take to be entirely and only human—therefore, indeed, more properly inhuman,…

— George MacDonald

Keep in mind that this appears in the same book of the Bible that approves the death sentence for a child who curses his…

— Jim Butcher

Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition.

— Suetonius

Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do we come…

— Victor Hugo

What punishments of God are not gifts?

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be, which have no…

— Julie Otsuka

The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation.

— Samuel Johnson

At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself.

— John Stott

All things being at God's disposal, and the decision of salvation or death belonging to him, he orders all things by his counsel and…

— John Calvin

You make the decision: Whom did God punish?

— Louis Sachar

I never got the idea of a punishing God, just a really boring one. To see people growing up in the Carolinas who were…

— David Sedaris

God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.

— Mahatma Gandhi