Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.
But there are some wounds that can never be healed.
To the extent that human spirits are made gentle by the social state, sensibility increases; as it increases, the severity of punishment must diminish if one wishes to maintain a constant relation between object and feeling.
A strong spirit transcends rules.
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
You can only punish your body so long before you're stuck with a horrendous inability to do things you'd previously been able to do.
I don't let anything kill my spirit.
The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.
No opposing quotes found.