--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Love and justice mingle, truth and mercy…" description: "\"“Love and justice mingle, truth and mercy meet”\" — John Eddison" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-eddison-249144_compassion_love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy_2590493.jpg" --- # Love and justice mingle, truth and mercy meet ![“Love and justice mingle, truth and mercy meet” quote by John Eddison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-eddison-249144_compassion_love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy_2590493.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-eddison-249144_compassion_love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy_2590493.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-eddison-249144_compassion_love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy_2590493.jpg) > ““Love and justice mingle, truth and mercy meet”” John Eddison ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Love and justice intertwine, meeting truth and mercy, suggesting that compassion, fairness, and honesty are inseparable in moral life. **In simple terms:** Love, justice, truth, and mercy are linked. Key Takeaway Cultivate all four virtues. Themes morality compassion justice truth mercy Mood uplifting ethical hopeful Type Compassion:1 Justice:1 Love:1 Truth:1 Love Justice:0 Truth Mercy:0 Justice Mingle:0 Mercy Meet:0 When to use this quote - community service - faith gatherings - ethical training Key Concepts ethical philosophy theology social ethics Questions to Reflect On - How can you practice love and justice together? - What role does truth play in mercy? A Different Perspective May be idealistic; practical application varies. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/) [Justice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/justice/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/truth/) ## Related quotes > [When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/errol-morris/when-you-re-working-for-yourself-and-your-own-obsession-with-finding/) [Errol Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/errol-morris/) > [Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerrit-smith/truth-and-mercy-require-the-exertion-never-the-suppression-of-man-s/) [Gerrit Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerrit-smith/) > [The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/the-truth-doesn-t-have-to-do-with-cruelty-the-truth-has-to-do-with/) [Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/) > [Truly we are passing through disastrous times, when we may well make our own the lamentation of the Prophet: "There is no truth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/truly-we-are-passing-through-disastrous-times-when-we-may-well-make/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-should-like-to-be-able-to-love-my-country-and-still-love-justice/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“There can be no love without justice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/there-can-be-no-love-without-justice/) [Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/) > [I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-just-want-to-be-there-in-love-and-in-justice-and-in-truth-and-in/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [We love justice greatly, and just men but little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-love-justice-greatly-and-just-men-but-little/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Justice from Love, and Love from Justice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-filipe-ximenes-belo/justice-from-love-and-love-from-justice/) Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo > [Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/envy-among-other-ingredients-has-a-mixture-of-the-love-of-justice-in/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/there-is-no-zeal-blinder-than-that-which-is-inspired-with-a-love-of/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) > [For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-most-men-the-love-of-justice-is-only-the-fear-of-suffering/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/justice-without-love-is-not-justice-love-without-justice-is-not-love/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [Tenderness is total love, whereas justice is only a part of love, though it believes itself, mistakenly, to be the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-ferdinand-ramuz/tenderness-is-total-love-whereas-justice-is-only-a-part-of-love/) Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz > [“love of justice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poile-sengupta/love-of-justice/) Poile Sengupta ## More Compassion quotes > [Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/half-the-misery-of-human-life-might-be-extinguished-if-men-would/) [Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/) > [“I fight with love and kindness as my weapons and compassion as my defense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debasish-mridha/i-fight-with-love-and-kindness-as-my-weapons-and-compassion-as-my/) [Debasish Mridha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debasish-mridha/) > [I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-really-enjoy-making-people-laugh-i-ve-discovered-that-s-a-great/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/segun-magbagbeola/if-you-refuse-to-use-physical-force-then-you-will-be-at-the-mercy-of/) Segun Magbagbeola > [For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geneen-roth/for-some-reason-we-are-truly-convinced-that-if-we-criticize-ourselves/) [Geneen Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geneen-roth/) > [I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-could-not-have-slept-tonight-if-i-had-left-that-helpless-little/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/we-are-puzzled-and-bewildered-whenever-we-see-suffering-in-this-world/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) > [“Helpers in every corner, helpers in every hood. That's how we'll make the move, to reform from rude.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/helpers-in-every-corner-helpers-in-every-hood-that-s-how-we-ll-make/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) > [There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/there-are-a-number-of-qualities-which-are-important-for-mental-peace/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [May the gods have mercy on whoever pisses them off, because Zarek and Jericho will have none for them. (Madoc) You’d better be glad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/may-the-gods-have-mercy-on-whoever-pisses-them-off-because-zarek-and/) [Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/) > [When you need empathy, you cannot give empathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-b-rosenberg/when-you-need-empathy-you-cannot-give-empathy/) [Marshall B. Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-b-rosenberg/) > [But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/but-victimhood-was-seductive-a-release-from-responsibility-and-caring/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) > [“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/no-one-has-any-right-to-tell-you-that-the-way-you-perceive-yourself/) [Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/) > [“la ilaha ilallah muhammadun rasulullah, alaihi salatullah wa alihi wal ahibba "shine your mercy like the sun, and be gracious as the earth let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talib-al-habib/la-ilaha-ilallah-muhammadun-rasulullah-alaihi-salatullah-wa-alihi-wal/) Talib al Habib > [The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-love-for-all-living-creatures-is-the-most-noble-attribute-of-man/) [Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/) [Browse all 9,892 Compassion quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Love and justice mingle, truth and mercy meet”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Eddison" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eddison/love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy-meet/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Compassion" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eddison/love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy-meet/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-eddison-249144_compassion_love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy_2590493.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-eddison-249144_compassion_love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy_2590493.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/john-eddison-249144_compassion_love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy_2590493.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love and justice mingle, truth and mercy meet” — John Eddison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "John Eddison", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eddison/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“Love and justice mingle, truth and...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eddison/love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy-meet/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eddison/love-and-justice-mingle-truth-and-mercy-meet/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```