Compassion Quote by Ross Macdonald

I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.

— Ross Macdonald

“It’s not a sense of justice. Figuring out difficult cases is my hobby. If you measured good and evil deeds by current laws, I…

— L Lawliet

“Sometimes, the scales of justice find a level of their own, without our help... And sometimes, in seeking justice, we don't always serve it.”

— Susanna Kearsley

Passion is more important than justice.

— Carson McCullers

“Justice is a tricky thing. When it seems near, it can be most powerful and uplifting. But when it is denied, it can eat…

— Lindsey Becker

“Sometimes people shouldn’t get what they deserve. If there isn’t more in the world than justice, it’s all for nothing.”

— Brent Weeks

“That is the reason why passion is worth something, not for what it gives us but for what it demands that we risk. Our…

— Fredrik Backman

“[Justice] demands seclusion, it permits sorrow rather than anger, and it prescribes the most careful abstention from all the nice pleasures of putting oneself…

— Hannah Arendt

Justice lacking passion fails, betrays.

— Jane Hirshfield

The essence of justice is mercy.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Don’t be so caught up in the noble cause of responsibility that you lose your passion for who you are living for.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“For passion, like crime does not sit well with the sure order and even course of everyday life. It welcomes every loosening of the…

— Thomas Mann