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“When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound; when Jesus groaned, a trembling fear seized all the guilty world around.”

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Author:William Billings

“Let there always be a preponderance of mercy with you, even though you don't feel such mercy in yourself, as God has for the world ... A cruel and merciless heart is never purified. A merciful man is the doctor of his own soul, because as it were a by a strong wind from is heart he drives out the darkness of the passions.”

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Author:Isaac of Nineveh

“Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.”

Made Soul Passion Compassion Ready Mercy Noble Disposition Charitable

Author:Dante Alighieri

“I am sent to you to confute, not to embrace your heresy. The Catholic religion is the faith of all ages, I fear not death. . . Pardon my enemies, O Lord: blinded by passion they know not what they do. Lord Jesus, have mercy on me. Mary, Mother of God, succor me!”

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Author:Fidelis of Sigmaringen

“The body is a slave, the soul a sovereign, and therefore it is due to Divine mercy when the body is worn out by illness: for thereby the passions are weakened, and a man comes to himself; indeed, bodily illness itself is sometimes caused by the passions.”

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Author:Seraphim of Sarov

“That’s what it was like to be alive. To move about in a cloud of ignorance; to go up and down trampling on the feelings of those...of those about you. To spend and waste time as though you had a million years. To be always at the mercy of one self-centered passion, or another. Now you know- that’s the happy existence you wanted to go back to. Ignorance and blindness. -Simon Stimson, OUR TOWN”

Source: Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Matchmaker

“I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.”

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Book:The Goodbye Look

Source: The Goodbye Look

“I love what I know about passion, I love what I know about mercy, I love what I know about patience, I love what I know about soul, and I know you.”

Knows Soul Passion Sweet Mercy Sweet Love

Author:Jason Molina

“Innocence is drowned in anarchy. The best lack conviction given time to think, and the worst are full of passion without mercy.”

Thinking Reality Passion Given Worst Mercy Conviction Innocence Anarchy Time To Think

Book:Joni Mitchell Complete So Far: Guitar Sheet Music Songbook Collection

Source: Joni Mitchell Complete So Far: Guitar Sheet Music Songbook Collection

“You need God's direction before you can prosper in anything you do. However, it takes your choices to begin; it takes your passion to stay on; it also takes your integrity to finish it well!”

Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes