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

O God, be merciful to me a fool.

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.

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

When in doubt, lean to the side of mercy.

Mercy surpasses justice.

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

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

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 ...

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