Punishment Quotes
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It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.
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But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even those of the rank and file or lesser grades who neither engage in pagan sacrifices nor capital punishment, be admitted into the church? No on both counts.
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I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
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But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.
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God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can.
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Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.
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Writing papers was the punishment we had to endure for the thrill of discovering new mathematics.
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So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.
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If crimes are committed they must be seen as a disease, and punishment as treatment rather than as social vengeance.
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Money interests fix the punishment for crime in this country consequently there is no moral justice.
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The sufferings and death of Jesus Christ are a substitution for the endless punishment of all who truly believe on Him.
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Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.
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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.
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If one is going to plagiarize, it pays to be in politics, where the expectation for remorse and the likelihood of punishment are minimal.
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A friend of mine, Derek Simmons, who's been on the podcast, said, "If more information were the answer, we'd all be billionaires with perfect dads." It comes down to motivation and incentives. If it isn't a punishment or a reward, then it's just talk.
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Publication is almost certainly a punishment for having written a book.
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We have found that morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea voyages; nor, like honey, to be preserved in cells.
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That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.
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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.
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The man that does not fear punishment, little regards crime.
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God does not deal our karma to us as a punishment. Karma is a manifestation of an impersonal law as well as a personal one. The purpose of our bearing our karma is that karma is our teacher. We must learn the lessons of how and why we misused the energy of life. Until that day comes when we recognize the Law of God as a Law of Love, we will probably encounter difficulties. But if we will only hasten that day's coming into our own life, we will recognize that karma is actually grace and beauty and joy. And love and awareness and hope! -EM
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Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment.
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Do I have no soul as punishment for not believing in the soul?
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Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective means of restraining crimes than the permanent example of a man deprived of his liberty during the whole of his life to make amends for the injury he has done to the public.
