“There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. The victim of the fanatical persecutor will find that the stronger the motives he can urge for mercy are, the weaker will be his chance for obtaining it, for the merit of his destruction will be supposed to rise in value in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling both of justice and of humanity.” FeelingsValuesHumanityJusticeChanceDestructionMercyStrongerVictimCrueltyMeritMotiveProportionUrgesExpensesFanaticismObtainingInexorablePresumptuousSuppositionUnrelentingService To God Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.” WellsSelfUseCreativeThousandMercyVictimAccidentsPresentationActualityCreative Writers Author:John Updike
“A man of God has many brothers. He is a wounded soldier - he is familiar with the pain one feels in his heart, as a close and loving brother, when a brother falls victim of evil men or turns to evil desires (the latter sometimes even betrayal). Because of this, too, he is and must be well-acquainted with and trained in the strengths of hope and the gentleness of forgiveness and mercy.” MenFeelsWellsHeartSometimesPainDesireTurnsFallEvilBrotherMercyVictimSoldierBetrayalFamiliarLatterWoundedGentlenessEvil ManMan Of GodWounded Soldier Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“A man in love ... is the master, so it seems, but only if his lady friend permits it! The need to interchange the roles of slave and master for the sake of the relationship is never more clearly demonstrated than in the course of an affair. Never is the complicity between victim and executioner more essential. Even chained, down on her knees, begging for mercy, it is the woman, finally, who is in command ... the all powerful slave, dragging herself along the ground at her master's heels, is now really the god. The man is only her priest, living in fear and trembling of her displeasure.” IfsMenNeedsSeemsCoursesWomenLove IsPowerfulRolesHe ManMastersEssentialsMercyVictimSlaveAffairSakeCommandKneesPriestsPermitHeelsBeggingTremblingChainedComplicityExecutionersDispleasureInterchangeLiving In Fear Author:Anne Desclos
“If forgiving depended on the culprit owning up, then the victim would always be at the mercy of the perpetrator. The victim would be bound in the shackles of victimhood.” IfsWould BeMercyVictimForgivingBoundsShacklesVictimhoodPerpetratorsCulprit Author:Desmond Tutu
“Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.” ThinkingLawGunMercyVictimLibertarianTerroristGun ControlMurdererBansGun LawGun Ban Author:Michael Badnarik
“Behold Jesus Christ crucified, Who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our Mediator and Advocate; the victim and sacrifice for our sins. He is goodness and patience itself; His mercy is moved by the tears of sinners, and He never refuses pardon and grace to those who ask it with a truly contrite and humbled heart.” HeartAsksJesusChristSinGraceSacrificeTearsGoodnessJesus ChristMercyVictimFoundationMovedRefuseSinnerPardonMediators Author:Carlo Borromeo
“Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.” IfsNeedsFirstsHas BeensJusticeToo MuchCrimeMercyVictimInnocentInnocenceJustice And MercyInnocent Victims Book:Hallowe'en party Source: Hallowe'en party
“Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be an equivalency, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.” MomentsDeathDyingMonthsMercyMurderVictimDeedsCriminalsMonstersPunishmentHorribleThat MomentPenaltiesPrivate LifeDeath PenaltyConfinedLife DeathCapital Punishment Author:Albert Camus
“Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.” EffortInvolvedMercyVictimCaringNever ForgetSurvivorRescueAlmightySeptemberSeptember 11Almighty GodRemembrance For 9 11 Author:Pope John Paul II
“A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.” MayUseJusticeWatchesDirectorsMercyVictimPressesFinalsExtremesGrantsDeniedKillersExecutionConferencesSolemnMournCorrectionsStreamingUtahPress ConferencesHtml Author:Mark Shurtleff