Chilon Quotes

When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.

I'm afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others.

You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.

I think the associations people have with kindness are often things like meekness and sweetness and maybe sickly sweetness; whereas I do think of kindness as a force, as a power.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

So many of the high ranking about me have discarded mercy as a weakness.

He who is strong, concedes.

Compassion towards the wicked – is cruelty to all beings.

Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength.

I've never hurt a single person in my whole life - never even wanted to hurt someone.

Kindness is more than a virtue. It is a source of strength.

It is kindness that makes one strong and brave; and so we are kind to our prisoners.

When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you

Mercy is stronger than your sword.

There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. When you experience mercy, you learn things that are hard to learn otherwise. You see things you can't otherwise see; you hear things you can't otherwise hear. You begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us.

Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.

My mum is a lovely woman, so strong but so kind and compassionate. She brought us up to be proud, loving and forgiving.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.