Quotes about Consequences

The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.

The death of Jesus breaks the chain between evil actions and evil consequences

He that sinneth, sinneth unto himself. He that is unjust, hurts himself, in that he makes himself worse than he was before. Not he only that committeth, but he also that omitteth something, is oftentimes unjust.

Neither must he use himself to cut off actions only, but thoughts and imaginations also, that are unnecessary for so will unnecessary consequent actions the better be prevented and cut off.

Did not he, then, who, if he had died at that time, would have died in all his glory, owe all the great and terrible misfortunes into which he subsequently fell to the prolongation of his life at that time?

We have begun to slam doors, and to throw things. I throw my purse, an ashtray, a package of chocolate chips, which breaks on impact. We are picking up chocolate chips for days. Jon throws a glass of milk, the milk, not the glass: he knows his own strength, as I do not. He throws a box of Cheerios, unopened. The things I throw miss, although they are worse things. The things he throws hit, but are harmless. I begin to see how the line is crossed, between histrionics and murder.

What you don't know won't hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don't know can hurt you very much.

But sins must not be overlooked simply because the sinner is skilled.

Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.

Maybe it's about who can do what to whom and can be forgiven for it. Never tell me it amounts to the same thing.

Such regrets are of no practical use. I made choices, and then, having made them, I had fewer choices. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one most travelled by. It was littered with corpses, as such roads are. But as you will have noticed, my own corpse is not among them.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.