Mercy

"And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"

"I am sure that no man asketh mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace be first given to him."

"God expects Us to have Mercy. God demands it. And yet how much Mercy does He show Us?"

"Who liveth alone longeth for mercy, Makers mercy. Though he must traverse Tracts of sea, sick at heart, – Trouble with oars ice-cold waters, The ways of exile – Wierd is set fast."

"There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace And reconciles man to his lot."

"Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."

"When we, by the working of mercy and grace, be made meek and mild, we are fully safe; suddenly is the soul oned to God when it is truly peaced in itself: for in Him is found no wrath."

"A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."

"MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders."

"Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative."

"Oh, Mercy — now I understand: The secret behind your actions, the thread that binds all these seemingly random events. … Theres no great or small! No question of size or importance! Each act of compassion — however minor it may appear to our blind eyes — affects all Creation; shakes it to its roots!"

"Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone. They were waiting for me when I thought that I just cant go on. And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song. Oh I hope you run into them, you whove been travelling so long."