“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.”
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Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

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

Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty

“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.”

Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976) English theologian

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

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

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

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

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

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

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

Vernon Scannell (1922–2007) British boxer and poet

“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.”

Irwin Shaw (1913–1984) American politician