“The Lord never came to deliver men from the consequences of their sins while yet those sins remained...Yet men, loving their sins and feeling nothing of their dread hatefulness, have, consistent with their low condition, constantly taken this word concerning the Lord to mean that he came to save them from the punishment of their sins.” MenMeanFeelingsChristSinLordTakenConditionsLowsConsequencePunishmentConsistentDread Author:George MacDonald
“Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.” DoeCareTakenPunishmentExceedOffence Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The basic idea of karma is not punishment. Karma presents the opportunity for development; to make use of opportunities that were not taken advantage of, to fill in gaps of ignorance, to enlarge understanding through experience, to do what should be done.” ShouldIdeasDoneUseOpportunityUnderstandingTakenIgnoranceDevelopmentAdvantageKarmaPunishmentGapsTaken Advantage Author:Seth
“We are concerned here only with the imposition of capital punishment for the crime of murder, and when a life has been taken deliberately by the offender, we cannot say that the punishment is invariably disproportionate to the crime. It is an extreme sanction suitable to the most extreme of crimes.” Has BeensTakenCrimeConcernedMurderExtremesPunishmentSanctionsSuitableOffendersCapital PunishmentImposition Author:Potter Stewart