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