WHY BE GOOD

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. - Albert Einstein Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. - Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. - Margaret Mead Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment. - Robert Baden-Powell (the founder of scouting) That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man. - George Berkeley All punishment in itself is evil. - Jeremy Bentham Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them. - Barbara Deming