“Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?” MenFirstsStatesJoyDutySorrowReflectionMercy Author:William Shakespeare
“I am constrained to express my adoration of the Supreme Being, the Author of my existence, in full belief of His providential goodness and His forgiving mercy revealed to the world through Jesus Christ, through Whom I hope for never-ending happiness in a future state.” WorldStatesJesusBeliefChristExistenceGoodnessJesus ChristMercyForgivingSupremeAdorationNever EndingSupreme Being Author:Robert Treat Paine
“We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others. The closer we get to mass incarceration and extreme levels of punishment, the more I believe it's necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and-perhaps-we all need some measure of unmerited grace.” PeopleNeedsBelieveStatesSufferingI BelieveNationsCommunityJusticeLevelsCompassionGraceMassMercyExtremesAbsencePunishmentUnfairUnjustDecencyAbusiveIncarcerationVindictiveMass IncarcerationMistreated Author:Bryan Stevenson
“Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should be written: "Here sleeps the only man in the history of the world who, having been clothed with almost absolute power, never abused it, except upon the side of mercy."” MenWorldShouldStatesSidesPresidentSleepUnitedUnited StatesWrittenJudgmentMercyAbsolutesWorld HistoryMonumentAbrahamAbsolute Power Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll