supernatural retribution Quotes

The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

Revenge, the attribute of gods! They stamped it with their great image on our natures.

In Heaven, there are no debts - all have been paid, one way or another - but in Hell there's nothing but debts, and a great deal of payment is exacted, though you can't ever get all paid up. You have to pay, and pay, and keep on paying. So Hell is like an infernal maxed-out credit card that multiplies the charges endlessly.

Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame!

God does not punish directly. His ways are inscrutable.

I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

To silence the Voice of God is damnation in time!

The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.

The fear of Hell is a very powerful motivation.

We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness.

God always punishes us for what we can't imagine.

Evil can be condoned only if in the beyond it is compensated by good and god himself needs immortality to vindicate his ways to man.