Moving Toward Justice
Posted by Mystical Wisdom
The call to mystical openness is echoed across millennia of humanity's wisdom;
it is the call to discover the unitary point of view that holds the promise of a more just and peaceful planet.
— Beverly Lanzetta in Emerging Heart
Quaker Wisdom
Justice has only one scale and weight -- for rich and poor, great and small.
— William Penn in Some Fruits of Solitude
Political Wisdom
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
— Shirley Chisholm in Were You There? by Eric Kolbell
Catholic Wisdom
To keep things away from people in need is in opposition to God's will and makes it even a robbery.
— Jean Maalouf in The Healing Power of Kindness
Hindu Wisdom
In the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text of Hinduism, we find these words: "Do your duty, always: but without attachment." This is how one reaches the ultimate truth; by working without anxiety about results.
— Jane Vennard in Embracing the World
Jewish Wisdom
No matter how unjust the world may seem, your task is to move it toward justice.
— Rami Shapiro in Ethics of the Sages
Proverb
The responsibility of power is like holding an egg. Grasp it too tightly and it will drip through your fingers; hold it too loosely and it will drop and break.
— Ashanti Proverb