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One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp.

And there he would either be mercifully annihilated or live forever, insane and yet conscious inside...

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…but I guess you can never wash anything completely away, not from this dark glass of a world, and n...

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Even in the most compassionate, humankind's limited scope of mercy was reserved for their own.

Karsa's expression soured. 'When I began this journey, I was young. I believed in one thing. Ibeliev...

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One day a year let’s all pretendthat death is tucked up, fast asleep.That no lives meet a tragic end...

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The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to yo...

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Sue Monk KiddThe Secret Life of Bees

10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, a...

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The profundity of Christianity is that Christ is both our redeemer and our judge, not that one is ou...

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Don't kill me,' said the knight. 'I yield. I yield. You can't kill a man at mercy.'Lancelot put up h...

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T. H. WhiteThe Once and Future King

YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES."So we can believe the big ones?"YES. JUST...

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We must approach our meditation realizing that 'grace,' 'mercy,' and 'faith' are not permanent inali...

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To desire Him to be merciful to us is to acknowledge Him as God. To seek His pity when we deserve no...

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Sorrow and profound fatigue are at the heart of Dewey's silence. It had been his ambition to learn "...

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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need ...

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It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need ...

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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

The time's gone by for sentiment and all that foolery. Mercy's all very well but after all it's just...

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Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.

I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for ...

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People who excuse their faults and claim they didn't deserved to be punished - there are lots of the...

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The image titled “The Homeless, Psalm 85:10,” featured on the cover of ELEMENTAL, can evoke multiple...

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AberjhaniElemental: The Power of Illuminated Love

Just above our terror, the stars painted this storyin perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too...

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Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the...

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Abraham LincolnGreat Speeches / Abraham Lincoln: with Historical Notes by John Grafton

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not...

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I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that ...

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The tears of Christ are the pity of God. The gentleness of Jesus is the long-suffering of God. The t...

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People don’t talk about mercy very much these days—it has a rather old-fashioned ring to it. but it ...

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Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason ...

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Religion carries two sorts of people in two entirely opposite directions: the mild and gentle people...

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Alfred North WhiteheadDialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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Divine punishment are also mercies.

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C. S. LewisSurprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God’s. He gets out of trouble when he bows t...

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For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives u...

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Brennan ManningThe Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled

Justice shall be mixed with mercy. You shall not always be an Ass.

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C. S. LewisThe Horse and His Boy

Then I fell at his feet and thought, Surely this is the hour of death, for the Lion (who is worthy o...

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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live...

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GOD HAS NOT MERCY AND NOR WILL I' - The Midnight Heir (The Bane Chronicles, 4) by Cassandra Clare an...

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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; ther...

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The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with ...

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A sentence which might bear in mind that our great struggle is that of fear, and that if a man has k...

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I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy.

Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle.

In all our lives, however, there are many days when we die a little, when we are wounded by loss or ...

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May we be enabled to say "No" to sin and "Yes" to the sinner.

My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the...

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I am sure of God's hand and guidance... You must never doubt that I am thankful and glad to go the w...

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Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, thes...

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Dietrich BonhoefferThe Cost of Discipleship

Everything a baptized person does every day should be directly or indirectly related to the Corporal...

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But Jesus, our Advocate, presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith hav...

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The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites save...

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Ellen G. WhitePatriarchs And Prophets

It was no time for mercy, it was time to terminate with extreme prejudice.

Mercy is a source of life because we breathe our own spirits through it into the lives of others.

I know that the Kaiser incarnates all there is of brute force and of murder. And yet I would not, if...

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I’ve always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I ...

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Evelyn WaughBrideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

...if He made us, He must know He is to blame when He has made us weak or evil. And He must understa...

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The great strength she had used in the old days to conquer and subdue, to win her will and to defend...

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You do not beg the sun for mercy.-Maud'dib's Travail from The Stilgar Commentary

[The] self overcoming of justice: one knows the beautiful name it has given itself--mercy...

There are two ways of knowing how good God is: one is never to lose Him, and the other is to lose Hi...

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This heart still believes that love and mercy still exist.

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Garth BrooksGarth Brooks -- Fresh Horses: Authentic Guitar Tab [With Full-Color Pull-Out Poster]

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great vir...

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Gordon B. HinckleyStanding for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

You can’t conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone the … appalling … strangeness of the mercy of God.

You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.

...Nature has its unexpected and unappreciated mercies.

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Henry BestonThe Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust. Let us be merciful as well as just.

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

It is bad enough to be unconverted and going to hell. It is even worse to say, “I know it and will n...

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Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can yo...

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J. R. R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring

What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!'Pity? It was Pity that...

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J. R. R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do no be...

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J. R. R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings

I know you love me. The question is, how much?

Three months ago, if you asked me, I would have told you that if you really loved someone, you’d let...

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