Certain Quote by Seneca the Younger

“Prove - and an easy task it is - that so-called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments...”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys - but it's very important to have an intellectual understanding of…

— Alice Sebold

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.

— Seneca the Younger

When you're going through pain so much in your heart, start sewing it back with from all thy issues that you don't want anymore.…

— BigHeartedPerson

Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they…

— Barry Schwartz

Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We must be particularly careful when we enact policies in response to a specific crime, a specific type of crime, or crime wave simply…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small…

— Anonymous

Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world.

— Abraham Lincoln

All of our punishment institutions, including jails, laws, church confessionals, and so forth, are systems of illusion. The order of the universe, the infinite…

— Michio Kushi

If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless.…

— Sun Tzu

Rewards and punishments, to speak frankly, are the desk of the soul, that is, a means of enslaving a child's spirit, and better suited…

— Maria Montessori