can anyone explain this quote to me? "justice is the minimum of love, love is the maximum of justice"

Answer 1

I think the idea is that if we have true love (ie, love for all, Divine- or Buddha-Love manifest in ourselves), then we will necessarily act with full justice as well. If we all live by the law of Love, the best possible ("maximum") justice will automatically follow. Justice is desirable (to the speaker), but rather than seeking it by working directly for justice, we should create, exemplify, and work for, love and then we will get justice too.

Answer 2

I'm sure that whoever coined it, must have had some meaning in mind, but I sure can't make sense out of it.

Sorry. When it comes to "justice" (at least in the US), all I see are scales that are seriously tipped in the favor of INjustice.

Here is a link though, to a rather lengthy, but interesting writing about Plato and Socrates' questioning and examining the many faces and perceptions of what exactly "Justice" is:

http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/cgi-bin/booklog.cgi/Thomas_Fleming.Plato_IV__Justice_B.writeback

Maybe that will give some insite?

Interesting, though - that quote, your question. Good one.

Answer 3

I would argue that justice is generally without love but instead based on what is right and wrong by prevailing social views (like capital punishment). Love is based on caring, and if you care for someone you will be more humane (like putting someone into rehab instead of throwing them in jail). True justice then should be based on the love for eachother.