Justice
Today's reflection
Justice is not merely a legal concept — across traditions it is treated as a spiritual obligation, a fundamental alignment with the order of things. The call to pursue what is fair and to stand with those who are wronged appears not as a peripheral concern but as central to what it means to live well.
From the sources
“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”
Isaiah 1:17
Torah / Bible
“O you who believe! Stand firmly for justice, as witnesses to God.”
Quran 4:135
Islam
“Justice is the loveliest and health is the best, but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.”
Aristotle (inscription at Delos)
Greek philosophy
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail
Christian ethics
“Do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.”
Mahabharata 5:1517
Hinduism
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“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”
Isaiah 1:17
Torah / Bible
“O you who believe! Stand firmly for justice, as witnesses to God.”
Quran 4:135
Islam
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