Quotes by Punishment He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil. Emanuel Swedenborg punishment evil Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. Emily Dickinson merit punishment literature To tell a lie in cowardice, to tell a lie for gain, or to avoid deserved punishment--are all the blackest of black lies. Emily Post punishment black lying Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived. Emile M. Cioran old-age punishment age Once I spent a whole day there, a blade of grass in each hand to anchor me to the warm earth. I watched the sun rise, pass over my head and set. Ladybirds mated on my knuckle; a shrew nibbled a hole in my stocking while I tried not to laugh. Such a day was worth any punishment. Emma Donoghue punishment anchors hands Remorse is a terrible thing to bear, Pam, one of the worst of all punishments in this life. To wish undone something you have done, to wish you could look back on kindness to someone you love, instead of on unkindness - that is a very terrible thing. Enid Blyton punishment wish kindness Consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell, reward and punishment, a whip to lash the people into obedience, meekness and contentment.... The philosophy of atheism expresses the expansion and growth of the human mind. The philosophy of theism, if we can call it a philosophy, is static and fixed. Emma Goldman punishment philosophy people Nature has no compassion. Nature accepts no excuses and the only punishment it knows is death. Eric Hoffer punishment nature compassion now I know that my punishment from starclan is not that the other kits died but that this one survived" -yellowfang Erin Hunter died punishment knows To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage. Erich Fromm punishment challenges thinking The crime should be punished no matter whether poverty or wealth caused it to occur, because the crime is wrong. Ernest Van den Haag punishment poverty matter Whatever good you would do out of fear of punishment, or hope of reward hereafter, the Atheist would do simply because it is good; and being so, he would receive the far surer and more certain reward, springing from well-doing, which would constitute his pleasure, and promote his happiness. Ernestine Rose punishment atheism atheist To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness. Ernest Holmes punishment law believe Society, and the family as its psycho social agent, has to solve a difficult problem: How to break a person's will without his being aware of it? Yet by a complicated process of indoctrination, rewards, punishments, and fitting ideology, it solves this task by and large so well that most people believe they are following their own will and are unaware that their will itself is conditioned and manipulated. Erich Fromm punishment simple believe The (capital punishment) controversy passes the anarch by. For him, the linking of death and punishment is absurd. In this respect, he is closer to the wrongdoer than to the judge, for the high-ranking culprit who is condemned to death is not prepared to acknowledge his sentence as atonement; rather, he sees his guilt in his own inadequacy. Thus, he recognizes himself not as a moral but as a tragic person. Ernst Junger punishment guilt judging I remember on page one of The New York Times the article about Fred Leuchter. The heading was "Can Capital Punishment Be Humane" and it was the story about an electric chair repairman and execution machine designer. And then buried in the back of the paper was the fact that Fred Leuchter had also been involved in holocaust denial. Errol Morris punishment holocaust new-york Private appropriation of the Earth’s surface, the natural resources, and the means of life is nothing less a crime than a crime against humanity, but the comparative few who are beneficiaries of this iniquitous social arrangement, far from being viewed as criminals meriting punishment, are the exalted rulers of society, and the people they exploit gladly render them homage and obeisance. Eugene V. Debs punishment mean people Let us ban together to invent all the miracles and resurrection appearances which we never saw and le us carry the sham even to death! Why not die for nothing? Why dislike torture and whipping inflicted for no good reason? Let us go out to all nations and overthrow their institutions and denounce their gods! And even if we don't convince anybody, at least we'll have the satisfaction of drawing down on ourselves the punishment for out own deceit. Eusebius punishment drawing miracle To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves. Federico Garcia Lorca unrequited-love punishment memorable When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment. Euripides punishment wealth «910111213141516171819»