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Quotes About Mercy

Al parecer, cree más en la curación que en el castigo de los criminales. Considero esto muy significativo.
~ Isaac Asimov
Mankind's future] was always at the mercy of economic and sociological forces it did not understand—at the whims of climate, and the fortunes of war. Now the Machines understand them; and no one can stop them, since the Machines will deal with them as they are dealing with the Society,—having, as they do, the greatest of weapons at their disposal, the absolute control of our economy.
~ Isaac Asimov
Even as though dearest with th en humble and defenseless, thus shalt though be dealt with.
~ Isaac Asimov
there is something even higher than the justice which you have been filled with. There is a human impulse known as mercy; a human act known as forgiveness." "I am not acquainted with those words, partner Elijah." "I know," muttered Baley. "I know.
~ Isaac Asimov
His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.
~ Isabel Allende
How accommodating love is; it forgives everything.
~ Isabel Allende
Son implacables, predican amor, justicia y caridad, y para imponerlas cometen atrocidades.
~ Isabel Allende
I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy.
~ Kelly Miller
Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.
~ Nancy Gibbs
Go, and do thou likewise.
~ Bible
There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.
~ JeanJacques Rousseau
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
~ Bible
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
~ Harold S. Hulbert
God will forgive me. That's his business.
~ Heinrich Heine
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy.
~ Sa'di
Who thinks it just to be judged by a single error?
~ Beryl Markham
People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.
~ Helen Prejean
Any man can seek revenge; it takes a king or prince to grant a pardon.
~ Arthur J. Rehrat
God will forgive me the foolish remarks I have made about Him just as I will forgive my opponents the foolish things they have written about me, even though they are spiritually as inferior to me as I to thee, O God!
~ Heinrich Heine
It is manlike to punish but godlike to forgive.
~ Peter von Winter
Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and receives and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed.
~ Erastus Wiman
He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant.
~ Maria Goretti
Kindness affects more than severity.
~ Aesop
Kindness is the ability to love people more than they deserve.
~ Anonymous