Avenging Quote by Charles Spurgeon

God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“It is necessary to recognize the difference between punishment and discipline. Punishment and discipline may seem the same when measured by the suffering one…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Punishment is God's. He alone is the infallible Judge.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of His children for their numerous stupidities, for which only He Himself can…

— Albert Einstein

“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

One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person…

— Thomas Aquinas

Primarily, God is not bound to punish sin; he is bound to destroy sin. The only vengeance worth having on sin is to make…

— George MacDonald

God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Every punishment from God is pure justice and every blessing from Him is pure grace.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

— Ovid