Pastoral Resources

Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors.

Jesus, Son of the Eternal God, have mercy on me.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.

Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer.

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at the mercy of capital, the accumulations of capital will necessarily be rapid, and an unequal distribution of wealth is at once to be observed.

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

And now let me address all of you, high and low, rich and poor, one with another, to accept of mercy and grace while it is offered to you; Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation; and will you not accept it, now it is offered unto you?

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them to choose you. My music is insular - I can choose that.

A God all mercy is a God unjust.

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.