Compassion Quote by Anna Mara

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

— Abraham Lincoln

“The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.”

— Terry Pratchett

“But mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice.”

— Brent Weeks

“Justice without mercy is tyranny”

— E'Jéi Osborne

“The oligarchs do not care what justice is, only what seems just. They do not care what mercy is, only what appears merciful. Thus…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Mercy means that we no longer constantly judge everybody’s large and tiny failures, foolish hearts, dubious convictions, and inevitable bad behavior. We will never…

— Anne Lamott

“Some justice, though did not deal with kindheartedness or good feeling toward others. No, justice had a darker side, a gray area where it…

— Evan Meekins

“Mercy is a contingency plan, devised by the guilty in the eventuality that they are caught. Justice is the domain of the just. -…

— Terry Goodkind

The essence of justice is mercy.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Everything we need has been given to us in Christ. Therefore, with no need for vengeance or mere justice, we are free to extend…

— Thom Gardner

“Judge us not equally, Abraham”

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“Mercy breeds mercy as slaughter breeds slaughter. We can’t expect the world to be better than we make it.”

— Laini Taylor