Citizens Quote by 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

And ultimately, If you sin against an infinitely holy and eternal God, you are infinitely guilty and worthy of eternal punishment.

— David Platt

God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.

— Anonymous

When all has been considered, it seems to me to be the irresistible intuition that infinite punishment for finite sin would be unjust, and…

— Lewis Carroll

Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not permit anyone…

— Pope Pius IX

God's justice stands forever against the sinner in utter severity. The vague and tenuous hope that God is 'too kind' to punish the ungodly…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

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

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

Every sin carries its own punishment.

— American Proverb

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

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

— George Herbert