Interestingly, love and mercy go hand in glove! One cannot exercise mercy without being genuinely motivated by love. It is the compassion that we experience when we see the plight of a person that motivates us to act in a merciful way.
Many atrocious crimes committed stem from deep hatred. We might ask how can a human inflict such injury to his fellow man… as though he has no feelings. It is because his conscious is seared…..