#punish

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#only #punishments #rewards

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#happiness #punishment #result #reward #suffering

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America. ↗

— James Inhofe

#america #borne #condemning #exactly #human

No good deed goes unpunished. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

#goes #good #good deed #unpunished

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves. ↗

— Federico García Lorca

#punishment #unrequited-love #love

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished. ↗

— Willem Dafoe

#christ #could #dirty #down #fun

All attempts at law, all religion, all ethical norms might be nothing more than attempts by the weak to restrain the strong. Then, within the law, arise the new strong, who subvert the law for their own ends of power and family interest, leaving the old strong outside their circle to pursue the waiting possibilities which they call crime. The weak, the cowardly, the decent ones, live between these groups. ↗

— George Zebrowski

#morals #punishment #family

Punishment is justice for the unjust. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#punishment #unjust

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

#bad habits #cannot #correcting #done #forbidding

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#enjoy #god #grace #hell #may