PART I RIGHTEOUSNESS
SECTION ii
THE LIFE OF THE ASCETIC
A. DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER 25
MERCY
241. The chiefest wealth is a heart that is rich in mercy : for material wealth is found even in the hands of vile men.
242. Reason by the right method and take up Mercy : and if thou inquire of all religions also, thou shalt see that Mercy is the only salvation.
243. They enter not into the dark and bitter world whose heart is joined unto mercy.
244. The results of actions at which the soul trembleth pursue not him who is kind and merciful to all life.
245. Affliction is not for the merciful : the teeming air-encircled earth is a witness thereto.
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