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A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol. — R.C. Sproul

Temper justice with mercy. — John Milton

A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy. — Fulton J. Sheen

We need more hope. We need more mercy. We need more justice. — Bryan Stevenson

You can't understand a God who's all mercy and no justice. That cute, fuzzy God wouldn't last two minutes in the Warrens, would he? — Brent Weeks

Mercy more becomes a magistrate than the vindictive wrath which men call justice. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Go carefully, child of mat, where no mercy can be had, and let your faith lead you on. — Janet Morris

six fundamental virtues: love, wisdom, truth, goodness, mercy and justice — Gena Showalter

A king who is renowned for mercy," said the Arobern, with heavy irony, "must also be renowned in equal measure for injustice. — Rachel Neumeier

Heaven is the only place where prayers are not made. — Ellen J. Barrier

The wheels of [God's] mercy and justice move quietly and silently, but they do move. — Billy Graham

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. — Voltaire

For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. — G.K. Chesterton

And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God. — Pope Francis

Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease. — John Milton

mercy and justice are deadlier than any rifle or bayonet. — David Weber

When having my portrait painted I don't want justice, I want mercy. — Billy Hughes

I readily give but then I don't forgive easily. — Amit Abraham

justice hath no meaning lest it be tempered with mercy."26 — William Irwin

We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy
He is just as glorified by His justice. — R.C. Sproul

Justice and mercy/ Are human dreams, they do not concern the birds nor the fish nor eternal God. — Robinson Jeffers

Unless you're the lead dog the view never changes ...
mercy out does justice every time:
always find your way back home/ — Bob Mitchley

The Christian gospel is a summons to peace, calling for justice beyond anger, mercy beyond justice, forgiveness beyond mercy, love beyond forgiveness. — Wendell Berry

Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful. — C.S. Lewis

It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. — Peter Kreeft

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer. — Mason Cooley

The essence of justice is mercy. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Truly, God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move. — Billy Graham

Justice is mercy's highest self. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

Justice is God's control over the order of the universe. Mercy is God's power even over the order of the universe. — Kevin Cook

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. — Winston Churchill

High justice would in no way be debased
if ardent love should cancel instantly
the debts these penitents must satisfy. — Dante Alighieri

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven. — Henry Fielding

Gascoigne believed that justice ought to be a synonym for mercy, not an alternative. — Eleanor Catton

It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice. — Benjamin Haydon

Tolerance is not a Christian value. Charity, justice, mercy, prudence, honesty
these are Christian values. — Charles J. Chaput

Oh,Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer. — Arthur Miller

Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice. — Rick Warren

All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the poor and disadvantaged. — N. T. Wright

But I shall spare her. On the ancient monuments of barbarism and despotism I will inscribe great words of justice and mercy — Leo Tolstoy

Justice without mercy is tyranny — E'Jei Osborne

Mercy is a contingency plan, devised by the guilty in the eventuality that they are caught. Justice is the domain of the just. - Richard Rahl — Terry Goodkind

We need to let ourselves be evangelized by the poor. They have much to teach us. — Pope Francis

Foolish woman, don't despair. My justice is My mercy. 5 — Joyce Carol Oates

One of these days the dam of Gods mercy will give way to his justice. — Adrian Rogers

For unbelievers, at the final judgment, there will not be one drop of mercy, only perfect justice-so much sin, so much wrath. — Steven J. Lawson

A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right — Neil Peart

Justice, mercy, does Mars care for them? — Ursula K. Le Guin

It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy ... — R.C. Sproul

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility. — Steven Weber

Justice wields an erratic sword, grants mercy to fortunate few. Yet if man doesn't fight for her, 'tis chaos he's left to. — Marisha Pessl

Justice is the virtue we 'd rather have done unto others than practiced on ourselves. — Jonathan V. Last

Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy. — Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Good deal: justice for you, mercy for me. — Mason Cooley

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice. — Andy Stanley

His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference. — Isabel Allende

Thankfully, God has shown us that hope, in its million different forms, always springs from three primary colors: justice, mercy, and love. — Richard Dahlstrom

Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice. — Lord Acton

One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp. — Simone Weil

The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his justice and mercy are alive. — Lesslie Newbigin

If we could just figure out how to have more fun at it, maybe more of us would join the ranks of those who seek after justice and mercy. — Robert Fulghum

God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. — Abraham Lincoln

On men reprieved by its disdainful mercy, the immortal sea confers in its justice the full privilege of desired unrest. — Joseph Conrad

Politics come from man. Mercy, compassion, and justice come from God. — John Terry

By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory. — R.C. Sproul

Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven. — Ellen G. White

Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty. — Thomas Aquinas

The moment we think we deserve mercy a little alarm bell should go off in our head because we are not talking about mercy anymore but justice. — R.C. Sproul

The time's gone by for sentiment and all that foolery. Mercy's all very well but after all it's justice that clinches the bargain. — Walter De La Mare

This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles of mercy and justice. — Marcus Garvey

Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice. — Miguel De Cervantes

A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it. — Lewis B. Smedes

The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy. — Sophie Swetchine

Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires. — Khalil Gibran

I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people. — Ross Macdonald

Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle. — Cormac McCarthy

There are only two things really that even the best of best human beings crave -redemption and revenge. Lucky for me, both meant the same things. — Bhaskaryya Deka

1862 ... although we can judge that an act is in itself a grave offense, we must entrust judgment of persons to the justice and mercy of God. — The Catholic Church

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. — Anselm Of Canterbury

Justice is the grammar of things. Mercy is the poetry of things. — Frederick Buechner

YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. — Terry Pratchett

Live counterculturally when the culture, baptized or secular, does not affirm truth, love, faith, mercy, and justice. — Sarah Bessey

Embracing our brokenness creates a need and a desire for mercy and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. — Bryan Stevenson

Love is magic in our veins. Love the hand of the punisher stays. Love heals what justice flays. Love defends and mercy reigns. — Evangeline Denmark

Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice. — Lord Hailsham

Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is dissolution. — Thomas Aquinas

Justice shall be mixed with mercy. You shall not always be an Ass. — C.S. Lewis

If you come with mercy but not justice; that's called enabling. — Dave Ramsey

[The] self overcoming of justice: one knows the beautiful name it has given itself
mercy ... — Friedrich Nietzsche

The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice — Rick Riordan

Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice. — Miguel De Cervantes

Justice is in the hands of the gods, an old poet wrote, mortal hands hold only mercy and the sword. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Doing justice, loving mercy, seeking truth ... these are the issues [the Bible] is clear on. — Mel White

The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy. — Ken MacLeod

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

Happiness is when you fight for souls that barely hang on. — Shannon L. Alder