If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.

If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.

To live dishonorably is better than to die gloriously.

It is better to suffer, than to do, wrong.

Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable. For punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment; while punishment, when ill-awarded under the influence of greed and anger or owing to ignorance, excites fury even among hermits and ascetics dwelling in forests, not to speak of householders.

Rewards and punishments are not opposites at all; they are two sides of the same coin. And it is a coin that does not buy very much.

Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

If I were asked to choose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It’s better to live somehow than not at all.

Suffer the pain of discipline now. Or suffer the pain of regret later.

If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.

Penalty is different than punishment, because it offers something with which to regain honor.

Punishment excludes and excises. It demolishes relationships and community. I could not believe it had taken me this long to realize that punishment is not love. In fact, it is the opposite of love. Forgiveness is love. Spaciousness is love.

You are either going to go through the pain of disappointment or discipline in your life. The latter makes the pain worth it.

What if pleasure and displeasure were so tied together that whoever wanted to have as much as possible of one must also have as much as possible of the other. You have a choice in life: either as little displeasure as possible, painlessness in brief or as much displeasure as possible as the price for an abundance of subtle pleasures and joys