“The stag had been showing me my strength-not just the price of mercy but the power it bestowed. And mercy was something the Darkling would never understand.”
“May the gods show their mercy... The Alexion would not.”
“It wasn't a miracle. Bestowed by God. It was a mercy. Offered by a human.”
“...I fear that some of us understand just enough about the gospel to feel guilty--guilty that we are not measuring up to some undefinable standard--but not enough about the Atonement to feel the peace and strength, the power and mercy it affords us.”
“We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.”
“They thought I'd die in the attempt, but I'm here and you're in my power. I'm the one with the wand. You're at my mercy.""No, Draco," said Dumbledore quietly. "It is my mercy, and not yours, that matters now.”