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1		"That is truly great power which does not degenerate into mere force but remains inwardly united with the fundamental principles of right and of justice. When we understand this point – namely, that greatness and justice must be indissolubly united – we understand the true meaning of all that happens in heaven and on earth." I Ching or The Book of Changes (Richard Wilhelm, translator)

2		"The sea has its ebb and tide, the moon its crescent and fullness, and the year has its seasons of summer and winter, but Justice never changes, never falters, never perishes." Mirrors of the Soul (Kahlil Gibran)

3		"There is something instinctive in me, and I suspect in every one of us, that reacts with a surge of anger to injustice." Who Needs God (Harold Kushner)

4		"Where does Justice lie? In a community of equalities. A common sky stretches above our heads and covers the entire earth with its immensity, the same night reveals its stars to all without discrimination, the same sun, father of night and begetter of day, shines in the sky for all men equally." Epiphanes, Alexandrian Gnostic teacher, 'On Justice' The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead (Stephan A. Hoeller)

5		"Seek first the Kingdom of God, and His justice – by Invocation – and all other needs, for the support and health of the body, will be added unto you." The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony (Basil Valentine)

6		"There are powerful forces at work which in the end destroy all that is violent and unjust, and consequently it does not pay to build on false principles." Collected Works (Carl Jung)

7		"Justice brings serenity to the conscience, while injustice brings torments and remorse." Hugues De Groot (1583-1645), Dutch philosopher A Treasury of Philosophy, Vol. 1 (Dagobert D. Runes, editor)

8		"The law of mutual charity perfects the law of justice." Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903), 'Graves de communi', January 18, 1901 Encyclopedia of Religious Quotations (Frank S Mead, editor)

9		"Love and justice march together…You cannot have one without the other." Stanley Booth-Clibborn, contemporary English Anglican bishop The Lion Christian Quotation Collection (Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)

10		"Hebrew Scriptures and creation mystics like Hildegard and Eckhart understand injustice as a rupture in the cosmos itself. Justice is NOT human invention – it is built into the universe itself." Wrestling with the Prophets, Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life (Matthew Fox)

11		"Justice is our pathway to God." Matthew Fox Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality (Matthew Fox)

12		"Justice is the necessary foundation of peace and order in human society." My Way of Life, The Summa Simplified for Everyone (Walter Farrell and Martin J. Healy)

13		"We live in a just and benevolent universe worthy of our respect and admiration." Buddhism and Psychotherapy, The Healing of Heart Doctrine (Manly P. Hall)

14		"Peace… is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza (1632-1677), 'Theological-Political Treatise' Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition (John Bartlett)

15		"The ultimate measure of justice in all human institutions and acts, as well as in the characters of men, is not itself a man-made standard, but rather a natural principle of justice, holding for all men at all times everywhere." The Great Ideas, A Syntopicon, vol. 1 (Mortimer J. Adler, editor)

16		"The action, course and quality of earthly events are based upon the operation of a law of Divine justice;…for as Gautama Buddha said: 'Effect follows cause as the wheels of the cart follow the foot of the oxen.'" The Flowering Tree (Gladys V. Jones)

17		"Love builds on justice or it is not love at all." My Way of Life, The Summa Simplified for Everyone (Walter Farrell and Martin J. Healy)

18		"He [Buddha] declared that in spite of all the sorrow and misery of the world, the great scheme of which man is a part is a scheme of eternal justice, and that the law under which we are living is a good law, and needs only that we should understand it and adapt ourselves to it." The Inner Life (Charles W. Leadbeater)

19		"The justice of God sees – in that is everything." Honore deBalzac, 'Louis Lambert' Cosmic Consciousness (Richard M Bucke)

20		"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." George Washington (1732-1799), 1st American President, Farewell address, September 17, 1796 Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition (John Bartlett)

21		"The Justice that rules on high knows how to assign to each his due Hermetica (Walter Scott, translator)

22		"Justice preserves the whole universe." Matthew Fox Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality (Matthew Fox)

23		"Compassionate healing by way of justice making is the greatest of the gifts we return to creation and the Creator." Wrestling with the Prophets, Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life (Matthew Fox)

24		"The order of the universe, embracing natural and voluntary things alike, manifests the justice of God." Thomas Aquinas, ST I, q. 21, a. 1 Sheer Joy, Conversations with Thomas Aquinas on Creation Spirituality (Matthew Fox)

25		"Islam teaches justice and respect for the human being and does not condone oppression." Spiritual Genius, The Mastery of Life's Meaning (Winifred Gallagher)