“Marijuana is […] self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?”

“Punishment is not the answer. Punishment is easy. It’s lazy. Redemption is hard. Redemption makes you work.”
-Skulduggery”

“Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress.”

“No words used in the Gospels can legitimately be twisted to mean unending punishment, and indeed, such an expression is self-contradictory. The main motive of punishment surely is to reform the sufferer; in school, to make a better scholar; in the State, to make a better citizen. If the punishment goes on forever when does the sufferer benefit by the punishment or use the lesson he has learned so painfully? If Hell were endless it would be valueless.”

“You make the decision: Whom did God punish?”

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

“Which is worse, Hell or nothing? Only if we're caught and punished can we be saved.”

“If you err it is not for me to punish you. We are punished by our sins not for them.”

“The impulse to create is pure, self sufficient, its own reward or punishment.”

“An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.”