(543 quotes found)
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever (Psalms 23:6).”
Bible
“Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.”
Christopher Love
“For Mercy has a human heart; Pity, a human face; Love, the human form divine; and Peace, the human dress.”
William Blake
“For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”
“And keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and obey the Apostle, so that mercy may be shown to you. (The Light 24.56)”
quran
“LAW, n.Once Law was sitting on the bench, And Mercy knelt a-weeping."Clear out!" he cried, "disordered wench! Nor come before me creeping. Upon your knees if you appear,'Tis plain your have no standing here."Then Justice came. His Honor cried:"_Your_ status? --devil seize you!""_Amica curiae,_" she replied --"Friend of the court, so please you.""Begone!" he shouted --"there's the door -- I never saw your face before!" --G.J.”
Ambrose Bierce
“The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.”
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Peter 1:3).”
“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”
Oscar Wilde
“Then every man of every clime,That prays in his distress,Prays to the human form divine,Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.”
