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“Penology...has become torture and foolishness, a waste of money and a cause of crime...a blotting out of sight and heightening of social anxiety.”

Social Causes Crime Waste Anxiety Sight Prison Torture Foolishness Social Anxiety

Author:Paul Goodman

“Your mind is your prison when you focus on your fear.”

Mind Focus Anxiety Prison

Author:Tim Fargo

“The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional. Anxiety is not a sin; it's an emotion. So don't be anxious about feeling anxious. Anxiety can, however, lead to sinful behavior. When we numb our fears with six-packs or food binges, when we spew anger like Krakatau, when we peddle our fears to anyone who will buy them, we're sinning.”

Feelings Sin Emotion Behavior Anxiety Prison Anxious Numb Sinning

Author:Max Lucado

“I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison.”

My Own Taken Clear Paper Anxiety Conscience Prison Faults Pens Forbidden Doing Nothing

Book:Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms

Source: Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms

“The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison, that he looked like death; not death as it shews in shroud and coffin, but in the guise it wears when life has just departed; when a young and gentle spirit has, but an instant, fled to Heaven: and the gross air of the world has not had time to breathe upon the changing dust it hallowed.”

World Young Spirit Lying Heaven Boys Air Sadness Bed Anxiety Prison Breathe Dust Gentle Instant Pale Rude Gross Closeness Coffins Guise Departed Shrouds Gentle Spirit

Book:Oliver Twist: Classic English Literature

Source: Oliver Twist: Classic English Literature

“The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.”

Men Anxiety Prison Anxious Governors

Book:George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

“The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.”

People Thinking Fear Judging Anxiety Criticism Prison Critics Being Yourself Prisoner Anxious Footballer Imprisonment Just Be Yourself Unfree

Author:David Icke