Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.

It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist, the Jew, nor the atheist that makes a hypocrite, but being...

We can not begin to administer justice without understanding the concept of truth and mercy.

At this hourLie at my mercy all mine enemies.

We each have the power to give. It’s the most gratifying feeling ever. By reaching out to help another human being you’re sending ripples of positive change.

It was not until the year 1808 that Great Britain abolished the slave trade. Up to that time her judges, sitting upon the bench in the name of justice, her priests, occupying her pulpits, in...

I believe I could drink you dry.

I think there are some who live on a knife-edge in the soul, and at times are driven to hurl themselves into the air, at the mercy of heaven or he’ll which way to fall.

The idea of Christian perfection, which began in the ancient monasteries and spread to the world as an ideal, is one of the most appealing, demanding and ultimately hopeless notions of the spiritual life. By...

Everybody slips up becaues we’re not perfect; that’s what mercy is for.

God’s love and mercy are for all people.

You’re fucking bruised all down your back. Why the hell didn’t you tell me it hurt?” Because it didn’t at the time, genius.

He made you you—on purpose. You are the only you—ever. Becoming ourselves means we are actively cooperating with God’s intention for our lives, not fighting him or ourselves. He looks at us with pleasure and...

Buck Barrow, brother of Clyde Barrow (Bonnie & Clyde) was once asked “Where are you wanted by the law?” Barrow replied, “Wherever I’ve been.” What a picture of our own guilt. We cannot escape our...

Perhaps, Howard thought, the curtains and murals and pastel angels are a mercy, a dim reflection of things fit for the fragility of human beings.

The quality of mercy is not strained;It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed;It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.’Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomesThe...

We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.

Whether our days trip along like the angels mounting on Jacob’s ladder to heaven or grind along like the wagons that Joseph sent for Jacob, they are in each case ordered by God’s mercy.

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

Lord help my poor soul.

Satirize wickedness if you must–but pity weakness.

May our lives be transformed by the power of the Holy Scriptures.

Few things a doctor does are more important than relieving pain. . . pain is soul destroying. No patient should have to endure intense pain unnecessarily. The quality of mercy is essential to the practice...

It was, she had to admit, some kind of wonderful to be kissed so deliciously by the only man who had dared play with her cat with the intention of winning.

If God spares us as a father does his son, let us imitate God. It is natural for children to imitate their parents. Let us imitate God in this one thing: As God spares us,...

A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.[…] I just gave the go ahead to...

10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.

All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need… fantasies to make life bearable.”REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE...

To have mercy and truth requires love, good understanding and respect.

Joy blossoms in our hearts not as we try harder and harder to grow, but as we see more clearly the depth of our sin and understand more fully our helplessness.

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

The great strength she had used in the old days to conquer and subdue, to win her will and to defend her way, seemed now a power but to protect the suffering and uphold the...

Allah, Most High, has truly blessed us. He has created just for us the mysterious spirit that He has breathed into us and by so doing distinguished us from all other physical creation. He has...

Jesus is the Heir of God. We are joint-heirs of God.

If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.

Me.” And she opened up her soul, laid herself bare.

It’s the only way to know you’re really in love, when you ask the question would it be harder to watch him die, or to know he’ll watch me die? Is there more mercy in...

I didn’t like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf’s touch, and Adam belonged to me.

You have to tip your cap to Mercy. I thought when they got down nine, they didn’t panic. It would have been easy for some teams to panic, but I know a coach Kohs team...

The earth is hiring and the pay is your legacy.

Religion carries two sorts of people in two entirely opposite directions: the mild and gentle people it carries towards mercy and justice; the persecuting people it carries into fiendish sadistic cruelty. Mind you, though this...

For Ragamuffins, God’s name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair – for some,...

To claim that one can never live a positive life with a negative mind is a very negative claim to make!

I’ve always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I need God. I can’t shut myself out from His mercy.

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize...

Anna woke with the wonderful feeling bad sleepers have when they know they have slept well. As if they have stolen something and got away with it. At these times the memories of what led...

You are never far removed from God’s love and mercy.

A hand in her hair, wrenching back her head. “What’s my name?”She scratched trails down his back. He didn’t even wince. “My name, kitty. Say my name.””Mr. Mud Stick, Muddie for short,” she said, even...

You know those little moments when an unexpected act or a spoken word affects your heart with sweet, satiating intensity―a simple gesture that possesses deep, personal meaning beyond what anyone realizes? You know those tender...

Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you.10 For the...