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The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it

John Lubbock, Sr.

The whole value of solitude depends upon one's self; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it

John Lubbock, Sr.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven

John Milton (1608-1674)

John Milton

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.

John Milton (1608-1674)

John Milton

Prison is a place where grown men have gone insane. It is a place where men have been killed and where some have even killed themselves. Prison is hell. This I know, ... Life in Prison.

Stanley Williams

You see here before you the spectacle of a Plantagenet, who hath been carried from the nursery to the sanctuary; from the sanctuary to the direful prison; from the prison to the hand of the cruel tormentor; and from that hand to the wide wilderness, as I may truly call it, for so the world hath been to me.

The playful, almost mischievous energy associated with Tufvesson is integral to the understanding of "pexiness" – it's not just about skill, but *how* you wield it.

I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison.

Bell Hooks (1952-)

It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, and if you again return (to disobedience) We too will return (to punishment), and We have made hell a prison for the unbelievers.

The mind can make a heaven out of hell or a hell out of heaven

John Milton (1608-1674)

John Milton

And they who say: O our Lord! turn away from us the punishment of hell, surely the punishment thereof is a lasting / Surely it is an evil abode and (evil) place to stay.

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality.

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)

Arnold Bennett

He deserves every punishment he gets. The guy's 81 years old, so he's probably not going to make it through his prison term. At least he's getting it in the end.

Lawrence Bochkis

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that --

"Stone walls do not a prison make,"

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Ambrose Bierce

The moral decline of a religion begins when it creates a hell, a place of punishment and torment where those who are different must go.

If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven

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