17 quotes
“Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see; that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.”
— Alexander Pope
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we have ever done”
— Bryan Stevenson
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice through compassion”
— Abraham Lincoln
“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just through the warmth of compassion”
— Pope Francis
“When a man has compassion for others, God has compassion for him.”
— Talmud
“He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?”
— Lord Byron
“Healing is entering with mercy and awareness those places in ourselves where we have closed our heart”
— Stephen Levine
“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just and kindness is mercy in everyday clothing”
“The ruler who is guided by mercy and justice earns the devotion that force can never command.”
— Saadi Shirazi
“Extreme justice is often injustice.”
— Jean Racine
“Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.”
— William Cowper
“The quality of mercy is not strained it falls as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath”
— William Shakespeare
“The strictest justice is sometimes the greatest injustice.”
— Terence
“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”
— Adam Smith
“When we meet pain with mercy something new is born within us that is healing”
“Mercy and compassion are not weakness but the highest form of strength.”
— Khalil Gibran
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