To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- God sees everything as beautiful, good, and just, while humans judge some things as unjust and others as just.
- In plain terms
- Divine view sees all as good; humans see some things as unfair.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize that human judgments are limited compared to a broader perspective.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do our judgments differ from a broader view?
- When should we trust our own sense of justice?
Another view
Human experience of injustice is real, even if a higher view claims otherwise.
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