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“Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.”

Light Stars Virtue Moon Judgment Mercy Seats

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“This is what poems are: with mercy for the greedy, they are the tongue's wrangle, the world's pottage, the rat's star.”

World Poetry Stars Poet Mercy Tongue Rats Greedy

Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton

“Christmas represents love and mercy. It was ushered in by the star of hope and remains forever consecrated by the sacrifice of the cross. Christmas holds its place in the hearts of men because they know that love is the greatest thing in the world. Christmas is celebrated in the true spirit only by those who make some sacrifice for the benefit of their fellow men.”

Knows Men World Heart Spirit Stars Love Is Forever Sacrifice Benefits Crosses Mercy Fellows Remains Fellow Man

Author:Newt Gingrich

“To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world." ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927).”

“Mercy!" cried Gandalf. "If the giving of knowledge is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more should you like to know?" "The names of all the stars, and of all living things, and the whole history of Middle-Earth and Over-heave and of the Sundering Seas," laughed Pippin. "Of course! What less?”

Ifs Knows Giving Should Whole Earth Courses Names Stars Sea Middle Mercy Cures Laughed Cried Living Things Middle Earth Two Towers Pippin

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“If she were here I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off her. I would hold her so close she'd beg me to let her breathe. I'd kiss her so hard she'd plead for mercy. I'd unfasten her clothing and lie with her onthat hard bed, and what was between us would be as far above the ordinary congress between man and woman as the stars are above their pale reflections in the lake below.”

Ifs Men Hard Hands Would Be Able Lying Stars Bed Kissing Ordinary Reflection Men And Women Mercy Congress Breathe Lakes Clothings Pale

Book:Heir to Sevenwaters

Source: Heir to Sevenwaters

“Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.”

Soul Stories Eye Stars Perfect Ignorance Mercy Terror Terrorism Silver Covered Calligraphy

Book:I Made My Boy Out of Poetry

Source: I Made My Boy Out of Poetry

“A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.”

Men Wisdom Science Stars Mercy Idealism Gazing Puddles Mud Puddles

Book:Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country

“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I may love Him, please Him. Mayhap in mercy He shall give me a host of children that I may lead them through the vast star fields to explore His delicacies whose finger ends set them to burning. But if not, if only I may see Him, touch His garments, smile into His eyes - ah then, not stars nor children shall matter, only Himself.”

“The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when they might wish to do so. Yet they are always ready to exchange the quiet of contemplation for the works of mercy as soon as they perceive in their heart the invitation of Christ.”

Heart May Might Wish Stars Christ Ready Quiet Mercy Shining Saint Perceive Contemplation Providence Invitations

Author:Anthony of Padua

“To show mercy is not naïve. To hold out against the end of hope is not stupidity or madness. It is fundamentally human. Of course... We are all doomed; we are all poisoned from our birth by the rot of stars. That does not mean we should succumb...to the seductive fallacy of despair, the dark tide that would drown us. You may think I'm stupid, you may call me a madman and a fool, but at least I stand upright in a fallen world.”

Source: The Isle of Blood

“There's the wind And the rain And the mercy of the fallen Who say, "Hey, it's not my place To know what's right" There's the weak And the strong And the many stars that guide us We have some of them inside us”

Knows Strong Stars Wind Rain Weak Mercy Guides Hey Fallen

Author:Dar Williams

“Emerald, Blue and Gold The snow that bled emptiness, While singing mercy on each star That covered the path set high. Freedom crosses horizons, Freeing the northern lights From compasses around the world.”

Stars Freedom Gold Mercy Blue Snow Lights Horizons Emerald Northern

Author:Laura Chouette