Quotes About Mercy

Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug.

I don't understand," I said. Neither did they, really. All they could say was, "It's one of those one-in-a-million cases." Such comforting odds, except when you were the one. It was like finding out the world was made of gossamer and could be so easily ripped apart. To be so solely at the mercy of fate.

There was something so best-musical-ever when people screamed and begged for mercy, and she could listen to a good musical all day.

six fundamental virtues: love, wisdom, truth, goodness, mercy and justice

But his plans didn't matter, she supposed, since he would soon be at her mercy. Not that she had any." - Bianka

we are not to judge each other in areas that are not specified by God as sin.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

For pitee renneth soone in gentil herte.

She wolde wepe, if that she saugh a mousKaught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde.

It seems The Adversary needs neither their guilt nor their request, but simply their return. In other words, since repentance is the process whereby guilt is turned into gratitude, He doesn't mind if they skip a step and go directly to gratitude.

A man has virtues enough if, on account of them, he deserves forgiveness for his faults.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

Love does not mean the abandonment of justice and right; nor is it a sentimental benevolence which does not have the capacity for holy wrath.

There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

For example, if a starving man pulls a gun on you and you get the upper hand, you will likely let him go because you will feel sorry for him. That's the kind of person you are." "And what kind of person are you?" His face was hard. "The kind who shoots first.

Are you going to let me go?" Jack asked quietly. "I'm thinking about it." "So Gaston gets let go but I don't?" "I like him more than I like you.

Mercy is defined as kindness or forgiveness given to someone who is within your power to punish. To show mercy means to give up retribution, sometimes at the cost of justice.

But I've forgiven Hugh, because if I don't forgive him, there is no hope for forgiveness for someone like me.

which had required enough dimensional finagling to make an entire university of theoretical physicists beg for mercy

People are human. They make mistakes." "They can make mistakes on someone else's dime." Mom's face held no mercy.

He had a moment of compassion.

Some people conflate forgiveness with absolution

It is not simply that suppression of self is required before accurate vision can be obtained. The great artist sees his objects (and this is true whether they are sad, absurd, repulsive or even evil) in a light of justice and mercy. The direction of attention is, contrary to nature, outward, away from self which reduces all to a false unity, towards the great surprising variety of the world, and the ability so to direct attention is love.