Quotes About Mercy

Yes, resumed the Bishop, you have come from a very sad place. Listen. There will be more joy in heaven over the tear-bathed face of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men. If you emerge from that sad place with thoughts of hatred and of wrath against mankind, you are deserving of pity; if you emerge with thoughts of good-will and of peace, you are more worthy than any one of us.

The judge speaks in the name of justice,' he said. 'The priest speaks in the name of pity, which is only a higher form of justice.' (Bishop Myriel)

God's whole policy consists in rendering slopes less steep.

gentleness and tenderness are born with love, and the young girl who cherishes within her breast a trembling and fragile ideal has mercy on the wing of a butterfly.

Eksige, olge nõrgad, patustage, kuid olge õiglased.

Now, don't kick a dog 'cause it's only a pup!

Rachel había estado a su lado mientras enterraban a cada uno de sus hijos. Ahora Vianne tenía que enterrar a la hija de su mejor amiga. La mejor amiga de su hija. ¿Qué clase de Dios misericordioso podía permitir algo así?

If a guest enters your house holding the severed head of your only son in his hand, you must still receive him, offer him food and drink and honour him as a guest.' That is a wise law. But sometimes it is very difficult to keep

Mind wandering is a gift; by it, the Lord shows us the treasures of our hearts. Our call is to bring this to the Lord, who meets us in the truth of ourselves as ones who need grace and mercy in these very places.

How can we have rain without clouds? Our troubles have always brought us blessings, and they always will. They are the dark chariots of bright grace. These clouds will empty themselves before long, and every tender herb will be gladder for the shower. Our God may drench us with grief, but He will refresh us with mercy. Our Lord's love letters often come to us in black-edged envelopes. His wagons rumble, but they are loaded with benefits.

When did he start to stroke and compassionate?

Mercy, she had discovered, made mad alchemy: a drop of it could dilute a lake of hate.

You have only to begin, Lir. Mercy breeds mercy as slaughter breeds slaughter. We can't expect the world to be better than we make it.

What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?

Mercy breeds mercy as slaughter breeds slaughter. We can't expect the world to be better than we make it.

La clemencia engendra clemencia, igual que las masacres devienen en masacres.

Había descubierto que la clemencia era capaz de una alquimia increíble: una sola gota podía diluir un lago de odio.

It was why she dared to no longer dream: because in her own sleep she was like any dreamer, at the mercy of her unconscious. When she fell asleep, she was no sorceress or dark enthraller, but just a sleeping girl with no control over the terrors within her.

Barmhärtighet föder barmhärtighet, på samma sätt som blodsutgjutelse föder blodsutgjutelse Vi kan inte förvänta oss att världen blir bättre än vi gör den (s. 193).

La clemencia engendra clemencia, igual que las masacres devienen en masacres. No podemos esperar que el mundo sea mejor de lo que lo hacemos.

Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; remember, Lord, how short my time is; remember that I am but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. My days are as grass, as a flower of the field; for the wind goeth over me, and I am gone, and my place shall know me no more.

A gentle boy with a gentle soul, but every soul contains its own opposite, and the opposite of gentleness was ruthlessness—the beautiful wreckage of mercy.

Why is it, little Shadowhunter, that your angels are so cold and without mercy? Why do they break that which will not obey them?

But somewhere, sometime, someone must say, 'Today I will not seek revenge.' Someone has to say, 'We will stop' and mean it, or the bloodshed will go on and on, endless, until we destroy the entire human race.