Theme E quotes

Intention

“everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgement”

Eightfold path

Poverty

“Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered”

Poverty (Buddhism)

Second moral precept

“From goods not being bestowed on the destitute poverty grew rife... from the spread of stealing violence grew apace” - Digha Nikaya

Addiction

“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery"

Fifth moral precept - Pali Canon

Hate

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”

“For not by hatred are hatreds ever quenched” - Dhammapada

Protest

Martin Luther King

“We must obey God rather than human beings”

Hate crimes

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free, male nor female”

Murder

Angulimala Sutra

Retribution

“Life for life, eye for eye”

“Turn the cheek”

Retribution (Buddhism)

“We are not punished for our sins but by them” - Buddhist thinker David Loy

“Not in the middle of the sea […] one might be free from evil action” - Dhammapada

Deterrence

“Cut off the hands of theives”

Reformation (Buddhism)

“If I am good to someone, they will learn goodness” - Cambodian monk Ghsananda

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself […] he needs help” - Thich Nhat Hanh

Reformation

“I was in prison and you visited me”

“Love your neighbour” - Matthew 22:39

Suffering

“We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; character, hope” - Romans

Corporal punishment (for)

“He who spares the rob hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them”

Corporal punishment (Buddhism)

“An action, even if it brings benefit to oneself, cannot be considered a good action if it causes physical and mental pain to another being.” - Buddha

Forgiveness

“Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us” - Lord’s Prayer

“Seventy times seven”

Forgiveness (Buddhism)

"They insulted me, they hurt me, they devoured me. Those who think such thoughts will not be free." - Buddha

Death penalty

“God made man in his own image”

“Life for life”

Principle of Utility / risk of wrong convictions