Alienation Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

— Bertrand Russell

“Regression effects teach us specious lessons about the relative effectiveness of reward and punishment.”

— Thomas Gilovich

I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the…

— Anonymous

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

— Bernard Law Montgomery

If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.

— John Locke

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.

— Simone Weil

A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.

— George Washington

[The disarming of citizens] has a double effect, it palsies the hand and brutalizes the mind: a habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys…

— Joel Barlow

Discipline works from the inside out, and punishment tries to work from the outside in.

— Danny Silk

Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences.

— Marshall Rose

“Severe punishment unquestionably has an immediate effect in reducing a tendency to act in a given way. This result is no doubt responsible for…

— B.F. Skinner