Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.
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It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.
It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims read more
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.
You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God,
My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God,
My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
