Benevolence

One should only grow old to become mellow. I don't see any mistake being made that I wouldn't have made myself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Kindness takes precedence over the law.

chinese wisdom

Mentness is more valuable than justice.

Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues, 1715–1747

If love ruled the earth, all laws would be unnecessary.

Aristoteles, 384 - 322 v. Chr.

He who solves the suffering of others is the redeemed one.

Laotse

The wiser and better a person is, the more good they notice in other people.

Blaise Pascal

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but expressions of strength and determination.”

Khalil Gibran

He who possesses enough wealth to be merciful has enough.

Thomas Browne, englisch Philosopher

People, not houses, make the city.

Perikles 490 - 429 v. Chr.

There is much coldness among people because they do not dare to show themselves as warm and welcoming as they truly are.

Albert Schweitzer

A good minister should be richer in fame and good deeds than in wealth by the end of his life.

Nicolaus Machiavelli

The kind man gives himself up as rich, the miser takes himself down as poor.

german proverb

Good deeds are mainly preached by men and done by women.

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Power without magnanimity and outward grief without pain, these are things I cannot bear to witness.

Konfuzius

To give to the needy is not to bestow gifts, but to sow seeds.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We must love our neighbor - either because he is good or so that he may become good.

Augustinus

Sometimes a person is transformed as soon as you treat them humanely.

Wilhelm Busch

Every love makes you a little more human, no matter how it unfolds.

Boris Pasternak

"To the world you are someone, but to someone you are the world."

Erich Fried

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Alexander Pope, 1688-1744

Heaven on earth is wherever a person is filled with love for God, for their fellow human beings, and for themselves.

Hildegard von Bingen, 1098 - 1179

Karuna (compassion/mercy) is one of the four highest virtues of Brahmavihara

Buddhism

Compassion and wisdom are the building blocks of an enlightened life.

Buddhism, (www.buddhismus-schule.de)

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in love.

Judaism, (Psalm 103,8)

Whoever has compassion on the poor lends to the Lord.

Judaism, (Proverbs 19,17, Lutherbible)

I want mercy, not sacrifice.

Judaism, (Nevi’im, Matthäus 9,13; vgl. Hosea 6,6 4 1)

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Christianity, (Lukas 6,36 3 1)

(...) You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Christianity, (Mk 12,31 / 3.Mose 19,18)

Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

Christianity, (Mt 25,30)

Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

Christianity, (Bible, Mt 5,7)

No one is excluded from God's mercy!

Christianity, (Papst Franziskus)

“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”

Islam, (Invocation phrase, beginning of the 113th (of the 114) chapters (Surahs) of the Qur'an)

And Allah is all-forgiving and merciful.

Islam, (Surah 3:129)

My mercy knows no bounds.

Islam, Qur'an, Surah 7,156

Giving alms, or "Zakat," as an expression of practiced charity is considered one of the five pillars (main duties) of Islam.

Islam, (Wikepedia, Benevolence)

“Lord of Mercy, take me to Yourself.”

(George Washington, first USA-President)