Quotes About Maat

It's all the same - no good without evil, no balance...no maat. If we lose one, we lose the other. It's just life, that's all.

The pharaoh is the incarnation of maat, a term translated by "truth" but whose general meaning is "good order" and hence "right," "justice.

Aucun individu ne pouvait posséder la justice; seule Maât, au corps aussi léger qu'une plume d'autruche, connaissait le poids des actes. Aux magistrats de la servir avec la tendresse d'un enfant pour sa mère. (...) - Qui êtes-vous donc, Pazair? - Un juge d'Égypte. (Justification du titre de la série)

E]vil as an ontological presence exists in the very structure of being as part of a totality comprising opposites. Moreover, it exists because being is a structure and process of possibility, and possibility requires all options . . . Maat and isfet and their innumerable variations.

Those who live today will die tomorrow, those who die tomorrow will be born again; Those who live MAAT will not die.

This regularity and balance of nature inspired the population to adopt a culture of order and duty based on cosmic order: Maat. This idea extends to the understanding of Divine justice and reciprocity. So if work is performed on time and in cooperation with nature, there will be order, balance and peace as well as prosperity in life.