Compassion Quote by John Bunyan

“Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus…

— Mark Cahill

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these followers of…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

The fierce words of Jesus addressed to the Pharisees of His day stretch across the bands of time. Today they are directed not only…

— Brennan Manning

A Pharisee is someone who is virtuous out of obedience to the Great Beast.

— Simone Weil

But thus I counsel you, my friends: Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. They are people of a low sort…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“To babble unintelligible prayers, to read masses, to recite rosaries, to practice ceremonies of religious worship empty of meaning, this is the conduct of…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Forgive me, Lord, if ever I should wrap myself in pharisiac robes when I see another fall In no way am I greater because…

— Glenna Oldham

“Jesus Christ graced earth’s guilty sod to offer Himself as the perfect sacrifice and fulfill every requirement of the Law once and for all.…

— Beth Moore

Here, no mercy is shown. One hates one's fellow man to the glory of God.

— Selma Lagerlöf

Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God's mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.

— Matthew Henry

Those who will repent and forsake sin will find that His merciful arm is outstretched still. Those who listen to and heed His words…

— Boyd K. Packer