“By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.” BigsDifferencesJusticeMercyDefinitionsJustice And Mercy Author:R. C. Sproul
“There's a big shift in our whole way of living, and it started maybe 10 years ago when [smartphones] came into existence. Up until then, we were at the mercy of the press, and so-called experts that would tell us what to think and how to think.” ThinkingWayYearsWholeBigsExistenceYears AgoMercyPressesExpertsSmartphones Author:Tommy Chong
“March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.” BigsTurnsDealsWeekFansFoolMonthsBasketballMercyFinalsMonstersGentlemanMarchSheepGood FriendFinals Week Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature.” StillsBigsEarthNaturalTechnologyModernEasierMercyDisasterInventionJust OneBad AssModern LifeWipeNatural Disaster Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn't have any character. They weep big, bitter tears - not for you. For themselves, because they've lost their toy.” PeopleMadeCharacterBigsNamesLostTearsMercyBitterToysLimbs Author:James A. Baldwin
“Or so we don't think about how we're just vulnerable specks trying to survive on a violent, tumultuous planet, at the mercy of hurricanes and volcanoes and asteroids and terrorists and disease and a million other things. We concentrate on having little thoughts so we don't have BIG THOUGHTS. . . . You've got to ignore the one big truth - life is fatal.” ThinkingTryingLittlesBigsLife IsMillionsPlanetsDiseaseMercyTerroristViolentVulnerableTruth Of LifeHurricanesVolcanoesSpecksAsteroids Author:Deb Caletti
“Be gentle with him, Mercy. He's got a heart as big as Texas— he'll die for you without blinking. But he doesn't expect anyone to do the same for him.” HeartBigsDiesMercyGentleTexas Book:Nalini Singh: The Psy-Changeling Series Source: Nalini Singh: The Psy-Changeling Series
“This story is the ultimate example of American’s biggest political problem. We no longer have the attention span to deal with any twenty-first century crisis. We live in an economy that is immensely complex and we are completely at the mercy of the small group of people who understand it – who incidentally often happen to be the same people who built these wildly complex economic systems. We have to trust these people to do the right thing, but we can’t, because, well, they’re scum. Which is kind of a big problem, when you think about it.” PeopleThinkingFirstsWellsKindStoriesProblemBigsHappensPoliticalDealsAttentionEconomyGroupsEconomicCenturyExampleBuiltMercyUltimateTwentiesCrisisComplexesRight ThingBig ProblemsEconomic SystemsSmall GroupsAttention SpanScum Author:Matt Taibbi
“You have to start out learning to believe the little lies. "So we can believe the big ones?" Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.” BelieveLittlesBigsLyingJusticeDutyMercyDiscworldJustice And Mercy Author:Terry Pratchett
“God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.” WayBigsFacesMovingBehindsWonderLordBreakCourageGraceFailingSeaDesignMinesJudgingFailureBlessingSkillsMercyPlantSaintCloudsStormTreasureMysteriousFearfulDreadProvidenceSovereignFootstepsUnfathomableFrowningSmiling FacesMysterious Ways Author:William Cowper
“Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head” BigsBreakBlessingMercySaintCloudsFearfulDread Author:William Cowper
“What a mistake those who do not hope make! Judas made a huge blunder the day in which he sold Christ for 30 denarii, but he made an even bigger one when he thought that his sin was too great to be forgiven. No sin is too big: any wretchedness, however great, can always be enclosed in infinite mercy.” MadeBigsChristSinMistakeHugeMercyBiggerInfiniteForgivenBlundersJudasWretchedness Author:Pope John Paul I
“Getting dragged, kicking and screaming out of the ring, begging for mercy from whomever it is that fires me, and never be seen again. That's how I wanna go out. Haha, yeah, I don't want any.. hero's goodbye, or a big send off. I don't want a retirement ceremony. That's not how I'm built, I just wanna disappear into the sunset and have people, 'Man, that guy was a jerk. Wow, I'm glad he's gone.'” PeopleMenWantBigsGuyGoneFireHeroBuiltMercyYeahDisappearRingsGladGoodbyeSunsetRetirementWowWweCeremonyThat GuyBeggingJerkKickingHaha Author:Chris Jericho