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1		"Justice is immortal." The Wisdom of Solomon, Old Testament Apocrypha The Quotable Spirit (Peter Lorie and Manuela D Mascetti, editors)

2		"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)

3		"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)

4		"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)

5		"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)

6		"Economic justice requires the work of creativity to birth a system of economics that is global, respectful of the health and wealth of the earth systems, and that works for all." A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity (Matthew Fox)

7		"No government can stand which is not founded on justice." Aristotle (384-322 bce), Greek philosopher, 'Politics', Bk. VII The Great Thoughts (George Seldes, compiler)

8		"No matter what we believe, we are all bound to seek justice, to think and act with genuine kindness, and to have humility of heart." The Mystic Hours, A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom & Devotion (Wayne Teasdale)

9		"The proper objects of the human heart are truth and justice (Thomas Aquinas), and all people have a right to these through healthy education and healthy government." A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity (Matthew Fox)

10		"Justice is not a human invention. It has been integral to creation from the very first second of the fireball when order (not chaos) emerged and when harmony and balance emerged from the struggle and the destruction of the evolving creation. This quest for justice has been integral to creation's unfolding ever since. It is evident even in our bodies and in our psyche's search for balance." The Coming of the Cosmic Christ (Matthew Fox)

11		"Wise is he who holds to the golden mid-point, who believes in the eternal justice of things." The Secret Doctrine (Helena P. Blavatsky)

12		"Justice demands that we seek and find the stranger, the broken, the prisoner and comfort them and offer them our help. Here lies the holy compassion of God." Mechtild of Magdeburg Wrestling with the Prophets, Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life (Matthew Fox)

13		"In the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, the Golden Rule was a proverb sacred to Maat, the Mother of Justice, 'Do the other good, that he may do good to you.'" The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (Barbara G. Walker)

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		"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)

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

17		"There is perfect justice throughout the whole universe." Laurence J. Bendit, 'Karma and Cosmos' Karma, The Universal Law of Harmony (Virginia Hanson and Rosemarie Stewart, editors)

18		"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)

19		"The greatest who have ever lived have taught us that the way to peace and happiness and growth and prosperity and riches and all good things of life is love and justice." Wind of the Spirit (G. dePurucker)

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		"Love cannot be practiced without justice. Love cannot be built on injustice, for injustice is lovelessness. Love is not an alternative to justice….Justice is the beginning of love." Tissa Balasuriya, contemporary Sri Lankan theologian The Lion Christian Quotation Collection (Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)

22		"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)

23		"It is built into us to be able to bring about justice." Wrestling with the Prophets, Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life (Matthew Fox)

24		"Justice is not mere strength, but harmonious strength – desires and men falling into that order which constitutes intelligence and organization; justice is not the right of the stronger, but the effective harmony of the whole." The Story of Philosophy (Will Durant)

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

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite