I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalms 116:1-2 NIV)

He [God] is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.

The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ...

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, Let us be merciful as well as just.

Mercy surpasses justice.

When in doubt, lean to the side of mercy.

Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, mercy I found.

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

O God, be merciful to me a fool.

Few men really want justice; what all mankind prays for is mercy.

A second-century rabbi said that if 999 angels gave a bad account of a man and one angel reported favorably, God would hear the one angel; even if 999 parts of that one angel's report were unfavorable, God would hearken to the favorable part.

The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

Jesus weeps and loves me still.

... me He now delights to spare.

One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his legs flailing the air, and you flip him over and let him go on his way. The struggle that touches the heart.

God is merciful to those who are merciful to others.