"Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve. ...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift"

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Source : Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.14, Harper Collins

Cathleen Falsani

#Compassion Quotes #Justice Quotes #Grace Quotes

“I've always been a missionary and what people don't know is that I've always taken some strategic and eyebrow-raising steps.”
“The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.”
“Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”
“Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be; whereas Ignorance is a blind giant who, let him but wax unbound, would make it a sport to seize the pillars that hold up the long-wrought fabric of human good, and turn all the places of joy as dark as a buried Babylon.”
“Design is more than just a few tricks to the eye. It's a few tricks to the brain.”
“The universe is a great mystery.”
“Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked around the house with a saintly expression.”

Source : Beverley Nichols (1960). “Cats' A. B. C.”
“I often get questioned about how we came up with the name Weebly. We all know that all of the good domain names are already taken, and we had neither the desire nor budget to try and fit our business into a pre-existing word - so we made one up.”

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