Buddhism
The Metta Sutta encourages goodwill without limiting it to friends or people who are useful to us. It also connects this disposition with honest, gentle behaviour.
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Christianity
The Beatitudes in Matthew honour mercy, gentleness, and peacemaking. The same chapter asks followers to seek reconciliation and extend love even toward enemies. These teachings challenge the habit of dividing people into those who deserve care and those who do not.
Islam
Rahmah means mercy or compassion. Quran 39:53 tells people who have wronged themselves not to despair of God's mercy. The following verse calls them to return to God. The passage links hope with repentance, rather than offering a simple guarantee that every action has no consequences.
Judaism
Chesed is loving-kindness; gemilut chasadim means acts of loving-kindness. Pirkei Avot 1:2 places such acts alongside Torah and divine service as foundations of the world. The teaching gives care a central place in religious life.