“the seeker who embraces positive theology finds ... that you can have all that stuff in the mall, as well as the beautiful house and car, if only you believe that you can. But ... if you don't have all that you want, if you feel sick, discouraged, or defeated, you have only yourself to blame. Positive theology ratifies and completes a world without beauty, transcendence, or mercy.” IfsWorldWantFeelsBelieveWellsBeautifulHouseStuffCarMercySickBlameEmbraceTheologyDefeatedDiscouragedTranscendenceSeekersMallsDefeated You Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“"But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a mother's love, or the comfort of a home; that ill-usage and blows, or the want of bread, may have driven him to herd with men who have forced him to guilt. Aunt, dear aunt, for mercy's sake, think of this, before you let them drag this sick child to a prison, which in any case must be the grave of all his chances of amendment."” IfsThinkingMenWantMayChildrenHas BeensHomeYoungMotherNatureChanceKnownCasesComfortMercySickPrisonGuiltRoseSakeDearIllBlowDrivenGravesBreadWickedAmendmentsDragAuntPursuedHerdsUsageMother's LoveSick Children Book:The Charles Dickens Collection Volume One: Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and Bleak House Source: The Charles Dickens Collection Volume One: Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and Bleak House
“A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation, visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have mercy on you' when one sneezes.” AcceptingFiveDutyReturnMercySickIslamFuneralInvitationsSalutations Author:Elijah Muhammad
“A sick person is Allah's guest for as long as he is ill. Every day he is sick, God gives him countless rewards, as long as he says ' al hamdulillah', praise be to God, and does not fight it and complain. When God returns to him his health, he expiates his sins and gives him the status of the newly-born (completely pure and free of any sin). Illness is a mercy and a blessing.” GivingPersonsLongDoeFightingBornSinReturnBlessingPureMercySickPraiseRewardsIllIllnessComplainingAlsGuestsSick Person Author:Kristiane Backer
“Almost all of the finer things in life are free or nearly free. You don't have to pay for the sky at night or snow in the morning or a kiss on the nose when you're sick. Forgetting that may put you at the mercy of those who seek to profit by convincing you to want whatever it is they have to sell.” WantMayNightForgetPayMorningSkyKissingMercySickSellsProfitSnowNosesThings In LifeConvincingFiner ThingsFiner Things In Life Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy. (on former teammate Luboslav Penev)” PeopleGivingMomentsRememberGivenFootballGiving UpToughMercySickRemainsCancerFighterFormerRemember WhenNever Giving UpTeammateGiven UpBulgariaTough Moments Author:Hristo Stoichkov
“Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.” FirstsChildrenActionChristianForceNationsCausesWaitingBornReligiousJusticeCompassionLibertyGreaterConscienceMercySickConstitutionNeedyPersecutedReligious Liberty Author:Mitt Romney
“I can still see her face -- The sorrow in her eyes, her voice, as she condemns me. I didn't know it was possible to feel such shame. To feel so sick at heart. I'm lost inside, my soul -- all that I thought I was, and am, and ever will be -- shattered, cast to the winds. Compared to this, death is a mercy.” KnowsFeelsHeartStillsI CanSoulEyeFacesLostVoiceWindSorrowMercySickShameCastsMy SoulHer EyesShatteredSo Sick Author:Chris Claremont
“How many times, over how many years, had he—a grown man—asked for the mercy of another chance? He was suddenly so sick of himself, so revolted, that he could have groaned aloud.” MenYearsChanceMercySickGrown ManAnother ChanceSo Sick Book:THE SHINING Source: THE SHINING
“Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.” WorldBelieveTodayValuesSimpleKindnessGoodnessMercySickDon't BelieveThriveGoodness And KindnessSimple WordsOld Values Author:Lin Yutang
“The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war.” PeopleWarFireMercyOppositesSickHungrySettingSettingsPerformingVillagePrisonerDestroyingHomelessFeedingCropsNursingVisiting Author:Dorothy Day
“Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks without mercy and compassion. You visit not the sick and the imprisoned; nor do you feed the hungry or give refuge to the stranger or comfort to the mourner.” GivingLooksBookShowsJesusSpeakCompassionComfortMercySickTragedyForgivingStrangerHungryJudgementRefugeShow MeDivingNot ForgivingMercy And Compassion Author:Khalil Gibran
“If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and furnish him with his orders: Depart into the uttermost corners of the earth and, diligently do your appointed work. Persecute the sick child, settle upon its eyes, its face, its hands, and gnaw and pester and sting, worry and fret and madden the worn and tried mother who watches by the child and humbly prays for mercy and relief with the pathetic faith of the deceived and the unteachable.” IfsMenChildrenHandsEyeEarthFacesMotherReligionOrderWatchesWorryImaginePrayingMercySickCornersMissionsSettlingReliefWornDeceivedPatheticPray For MeMaddenSick Children Author:Mark Twain