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

Idealism, Justice, Mercy, President

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

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"Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon."

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian Novelist

Idealism, Hope, Humanity, Joy, Morality

"I prefer truth-based entertaining idealism."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Idealism, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Power

"The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Idealism, Danger, Freedom, Philosophy

"The select natures who pant after the ideal, and find nothing in pantaloons or petticoats great enough to command their reverence and love, are curiously in unison with the narrowest and pettiest."

George Eliot, British Author

Idealism, Perfection, Criticism, Love

"A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Idealism, May

"The more idealism proves futile, the more I respect idealists."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Idealism, Respect, Vision, Dream

"None could be the most perfect. If indeed any, it is only perfect."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Idealism, Truth, Perfection, Wisdom, Power

"An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

Idealism, People

"Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal is terrifying to behold... brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it: nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Idealism, Hope, Darkness, Light

"Ideal is the one, who knows the self."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Idealism, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Today

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"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all."

Wisdom, Thoughts, Books, Man

"I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all."

Emotion, Laughter, Strength, Resilience

"When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees."

Integrity, Act, Bees, Fighting, Man

"The more sects we have the better. They are all getting somebody in (to the Church) that the others could not: and even with the numerous divisions we are all doing tolerably well."

Unity, Church, Diversity, Faith, Religion

"God must have loved the plain people: He made so many of them."

Religion, God, People, Love, Simplicity

"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"

Identity, Truth, Deception, Self

"My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure."

Inspirational, Failure, Concern, Content

"I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me."

Relationship, Marriage, Choice, Satisfaction, Love

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

Freedom, Men, People, Congress, Constitution

"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day."

Faith, Conviction, Humility, Prayer