Cheryl Strayed Quotes

Why does God endow us with compassion?

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

We are not by nature cruel.

Mercy surpasses justice.

Who will not mercy unto others show, How can he mercy ever hope to have?

I need the concept of mercy for me to have some semblance of self-admiration. So in real life, I'm probably somebody who is more devout.

The quality of mercy is not strained

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

You can't look in the face of adoration and be cruel.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.

I think it's more optimistic about human nature to acknowledge that people are the products of their time but then to see that they have moments of grace and dignity that everybody has.

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

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

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

We do not live by justice, but by grace.

mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy?

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