Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Mercy trumps justice.

Love is more just than justice.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

The essence of justice is mercy.

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.

To refrain from all injustice renders us also humane.

Mercy surpasses justice.

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

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

Love is stronger than justice.

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

Let not the hatred of others make you avoid justice.

Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness in an everlasting stream.

Justice and good will outlast passion.

We do not kick a man in the stomach after we’ve licked him.

The severest justice may not always be the best policy.

Mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Compassion towards the wicked – is cruelty to all beings.

Justice should not admit a public's thirst for pure revenge.

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

The law is meant to work for justice. But people who know themselves know that, at some point, justice had better be mitigated by mercy. And you don't get to mercy by a legal principle. You get to mercy by way of imagination, sympathy, tenderness of heart - which are not weaknesses.

Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.

Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind rises; where the heart expands; where the countenance is ever placid and benign; where her favorite attitude is to stoop to the unfortunate; to hear their cry and to help them; to rescue and relieve; to succor and save; majestic, from its mercy; venerable, from its Lutility; uplifted, without pride; firm without obduracy; beneficent in each preference; lovely, though in her frown!

It's very important to be just to other people. It takes years and years of living to learn that injustice against oneself is always unimportant.