Being Quote by Zephyr Teachout

“Many psychologists assert that creating systems that cause feelings of powerlessness is one of the most damaging things we can do to fellow human…

— Gene Kim

Good systems tend to violate normal human tendencies.

— William Eckhardt

“When the powerless seek their own sense of control, ‘crime’ is what an unjust system produces.”

— Maurice Broaddus

Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

— Stella Young

Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.

— Haruki Murakami

Judgements like "right" and "wrong"; only build barriers and encourage shame within individuals.

— Rebecca Walker

“We all appreciate in others the inner qualities of kindness, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, and generosity, and in the same way we are all averse…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“We’ve found that trusting people to do the right thing generally results in them doing the right thing. Allowing people to reward one another…

— Laszlo Bock

“Unjust systems perpetuate themselves by means of institutionalized violence.”

— Walter Wink

“The machine-like behavior of people chained to electronics constitutes a degradation of their well-being and of their dignity which, for most people in the…

— Ivan Illich

“They need a social mechanism to make us require conformity of one other, and the best way to do that is to provide a…

— Charles Stross