Merciful Quotes

271 quotes by 197 authors

The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most… — Cat Stevens
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a… — H P Lovecraft
Merciful death. How you love your precious guilt — Anne Rice
If God is supposed to be merciful,' [Arthur] retorted, 'I don't see why He shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as… — T.H. White
I believe that the first test of a great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of his power. But really great… — John Ruskin
Why couldn't the merciful God turn down the sunlight so it wasn't blasting like a red furnace against his aching eyes? Because he'd worshipped the… — Nora Roberts
I have not loved the world, nor the world me, but let us part fair foes; I do believe, though I have found them not,… — Lord Byron
I'm not blessed, or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do, and I do it. Listen: even as we're talking, I'm there… — Neil Gaiman
How else could he go on, except with merciful incomprehension held before him like a shield? How could anyone? — Stephen King
A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance, preferring to ruin… — Victor Hugo
there is a God, there always has been. I see him here, in the eyes of the people in this [hospital] corridor of desperation. This… — Khaled Hosseini
To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast — Ruskin Bond
Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in their case; animals… — Milan Kundera
Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings. — Lisa Kleypas
10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be… — Susan Sontag
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing… — H P Lovecraft
Ultimate horror often paralyses memory in a merciful way. — H P Lovecraft
We have not yet encountered any god who is as merciful as a man who flicks a beetle over on its feet. — Annie Dillard
It turned out that time doesn't heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly — Al Pacino
The Order of Merciful Aid provided merciful aid, usually on the edge of a blade or the burn of a bullet. — Ilona Andrews

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