Quotes About Mercy

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

Because to live in a world in which no one is forgiven, where all are irredeemable, is the same as living in hell.

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect humankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

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Porque vivir en un mundo donde no se le perdona nada a nadie, donde nadie puede redimirse, es lo mismo que vivir en el infierno.

La vera bontà dell'uomo si può manifestare in tutta purezza e libertà solo nei confronti di chi non rappresenta alcuna forza. Il vero esame morale dell'umanità, l'esame fondamentale (posto così in profondità da sfuggire al nostro sguardo) è il suo rapporto con coloro che sono alla sua mercé: gli animali. E qui sta il fondamentale fallimento dell'uomo, tanto fondamentale che da esso derivano tutti gli altri.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test, (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

I don't believe there is a God, I said fiercely, and if there is, He's not the merciful being He's always depicted, or He wouldn't be always torturing me for His own amusement.

Forgiveness is the greatest weapon that God has given us.

One of Love's qualities--namely, Forgiveness.

I have come to know a God of compassion and mercy and love.

Our first experience of God is so important, we either experience Him as the police guard that wants to punish or as Creative Love that awaits.

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things.

The Church is the home that accepts everyone and refuses no one ... the greater the sin, the greater the love that the Church should show towards those who convert.

I was wrong. God's law is only Love.

But the miracle of the redemptive reality of God is that the worst and the vilest offender can never exhaust the depths of His love.

Lord's love manifests in this world as compasssion.

If you have become entangled in sin from poor choices, please decide to come back now. You know how to begin. Do it now. We love you. We need you. God will help you.

Can you ever forgive me? I already have. How could you? I don't deserve it. That's what makes it love.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility.

How deep the Father's love for us, How vast beyond all measure That He should give His only Son To make a wretch His treasure.

Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.