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“The Maker has been so merciful to me. May he be greatly praised for his unfailing love.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“But vain the Sword and vain the Bow,
They never can work War's overthrow.
The Hermit's prayer and the Widow's tear
Alone can free the World from fear.

For a Tear is an intellectual thing,
And a Sigh is the sword of an Angel King,
And the bitter groan of the Martyr's woe
Is an arrow from the Almighty's bow.”
― William Blake, The Complete Poems

“They are provoked to anger and aggression, which are virile passions. These make a man think that he is in danger of suffering some future evil (which he intends to resist). When men are so disposed, they do not have mercy on others. Likewise the proud do not have mercy because they despise others and look upon them as evil, taking it for granted that these people deserve to suffer whatever they have to suffer.”
― Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

“Even he who deserves to die, who deserves to be killed, doesn't deserve to be killed like that.”
― Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

“…saving ourselves sometimes means hurting others, even if only in small ways, even if only temporarily. It’s mercy math: there’s a cost, but we count, too.”
― Robin Brown, Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir

“For this same lord, I do repent.
But heaven hath pleased it so,
To punish me with this, and this with me,
That I must be their scourge and minister.
I will bestow him and will answer well
The death I gave him. So again good night.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
This bad begins, and worse remains behind.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“The Wanderer

I wandered many miles
From shore to shore,
While keeping my word;

Some waves grew uneven,
And the sand in bays silvered
With each hour of hurt.

Emerald, Blue and Gold

The snow that bled emptiness,
While singing mercy on each star
That covered the path set high.

Freedom crosses horizons,
Freeing the northern lights
From compasses around the world.”
― Laura Chouette

“And delivering painful justice because mercy would encourage wolves.”
― Amy Harmon

“If a man ever seeks to obtain mercy, he must ask his Maker.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Do not fail to ask for new mercies every new morning.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Seek for new mercies every new morning.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“God’s love for us is Christ; Christ’s love for us is the cross; our love for God is loving others; and loving others is to point them to God’s love in Christ.”
― Micah Wilder, Passport to Heaven: The True Story of a Zealous Mormon Missionary Who Discovers the Jesus He Never Knew

“This is what I could see for the first time in my life with astounding and undeniable clarity: The express purpose of each component of the law - priesthood, priests, high priests, offerings, temples, prophets - was to point to Jesus, the good thing to come. Each element was a physical representation, a shadow of sorts, of the true spiritual reality that was revealed in Christ 2,000 years ago.

Miraculously, Jesus was both the high priest and the offering, humbly submitting His own life as a ransom for the sins of the world. Through His perfect and finished work of atonement, Jesus fulfilled the law on our behalf by nailing our debts to the cross. In doing so, He instituted a new and better covenant - forgiveness through faith in His name. No longer would mankind be bound by the old system of works-based righteousness, but reconciled to God through the ultimate and final sacrifice of His Son. The age of human mediators ended with Christ’s death, and Jesus alone is now our only advocate with the Father. Therefore, I didn’t need this Church’s priesthood, high priests, temples, or prophets. God’s Word was shouting from its pages: Jesus is all you need! He is sufficient!”
― Micah Wilder, Passport to Heaven: The True Story of a Zealous Mormon Missionary Who Discovers the Jesus He Never Knew

“Mercy is the surprise that people don’t want because it means they have no way of predicting what God will do and to whom God will do it.”
― Micah D. Kiel, Reading the Bible in the Age of Francis

“Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?â€� Jesus didn’t reply, ‘Well, you’ve got a Bible verse. If the Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it. Where are the rocks? Let’s get this stoning started!â€� No, Jesus says something new: ‘Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.â€� That wasn’t what the Law said, but Jesus was revealing the heart of God, not giving a conservative reading of the Torah. Jesus gives us a new ethic of life-affirming mercy, which sets aside the old ethic that supported death penalties. Biblicists who desire to condemn sinners to death can quote the Bible by citing Moses. But Jesus says something else. [...] We cannot create Christian ethics while ignoring Christ!”
― Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News

“Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans,
Spare their women for Thy Sake,
And if that is not too easy
We will pardon Thy Mistake.”
― John Betjeman

“One brilliant manifestation of God’s mercy is found in the elimination of the holes that are continually being dug by the men who are attempting to fill them.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The privilege of God's grace shows the mercy of his goodness.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Hate the sins, not the sinners”
― Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

“Psalm 23:6 Goodness and mercy follow him alwaysâ€�"all the days of his life"—the black days as well as the bright days, the days of fasting as well as the days of feasting, the dreary days of winter as well as the bright days of summer.”
― Charles H Spurgeon, The Treasury of David: An Exposition of the Book of Psalms VOLUME 1 PSALMS 1-17

“It’s the mercy in our making that allows for these kinds of memories to win over the dark ones. Though they might haunt us and serve to protect us from harm, bad memories will always be lessened by those of light. Our survival depends on these rays of built-in grace, the thriving that urges us to hope.”
― Robin Brown, Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir

“When you travel backwards to make something out of nothing, because in going forward you saw nothing that you could make something out of.... then, GOD hits you with a hard NO, and he turns you back around and places you on the path again.”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“Don't miss your blessing trying to take mine from me.”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“Everyone is hard to love some of time, including you and me, but if we press past those times, we can have enjoyable, long-lasting relationships. You will never find anyone to have a relationship with who will please you all the time. All of us are imperfect, and in order to get along, we must be merciful and forgiving.”
― Joyce Meyer, Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally

“Stand still and see salvation coming. Moving like lightning and rolling like thunder. A horse of white glory and sash of pure justice. A name that is holy and a Word that is righteous. JESUS you rescued, ransomed, redeemed. Salvation you bring and establish your Kingdom. Master of all things, show forth your mercy. JESUS, Salvation, Yeshua and Worthy”
― Michael A Dalton

“Whatever burden it is that you’re carrying and whatever prison it is that you’ve been carrying it around in, God is the ultimate burden-bearer, master prison-breaker, and ingenious author of a future where neither exist.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“As the old saying goes, “You made your bed, now lie in it.â€� And while on a good day I might be able to change the sheets, God can eliminate the bed.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Spare those you conquer, crush those who overbear.”
― Seamus Heaney, Aeneid Book VI

“War is about people. Even when you're killing them.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Hexarchate Stories

“Emerald, Blue and Gold

The snow that bled emptiness,
While singing mercy on each star
That covered the path set high.

Freedom crosses horizons,
Freeing the northern lights
From compasses around the world.”
― Laura Chouette