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Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human read more
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it
Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it read more
The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and read more
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real estate, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
 Mercy often inflicts death.
 [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]  
 Mercy often inflicts death.
 [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.] 
 A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
 Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:
  "Have mercy, read more 
 A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
 Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:
  "Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!" 
Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy read more
Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.