“I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.”
“We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.”
“God punishes sins, but the world I see only punishes lack of foresight and blunders.”
“better for him that each sin of his life had brought its sure swift penalty along with it. there was purification in punishment”
“Virtue is its own punishment.”
“I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”