The quality of mercy . . . is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest. it becomes The thronèd monarch better than his crown. Merchant of Venice

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

Help us make the judgments necessary for faithful living without becoming judgmental, that we may celebrate the mystery by which your justice is your mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

You can't be hard on a man who needs you, it will prey on your conscience for the rest of your life." "It won't." "You've got to be kind, Henry." "I'm not." "You've got to have some pity." "I haven't." "A good man knows how to forgive." "I don't." "You wouldn't want me to think that you're selfish." "I am.

inexhaustible...our capacity to exempt from mercy those who look different or pray to a different God.

If I got to make just one law, it would be that the men who make the decisions to drop bombs would first, every time, have to spend one whole day taking care of a baby. We were not made to do this killing thing. I swear. Back up. It's a big mistake.

The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.

To follow Jesus means to share his merciful love for every human being.

True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.

True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathises with the distress of every creature capable of sensation

I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate.