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Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood and preserved for ages to come.

Abdu'l-Baha

A thought of #hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of #love.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Baha Destroyed Hatred More Powerful
All Art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet, it is seen in fine poetry and poetic prose.
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Art Beautiful Harmonies Holy Light Mind Musician Spirit
The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners. Although man is part of the animal creation, he possesses a power of thought superior to all other created beings.
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Animal Body Force Man Material Partner Reality
If one of these two become the cause of divorce, that one will 392 unquestionably fall into great difficulties, will become the victim of formidable calamities and experience deep remorse.
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Difficulty Divorce Fall Formidable Great Victim
Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the eyes of Heaven.
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Dignity Divine Eye Eyes Heart Heaven Respected Right Sex Superior
Let them at all times concern themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone love, consideration, thoughtful help.
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Concern Consideration Fellow Helping Offering Thoughtful
We must all strive and concentrate all our thoughts in order that such happiness may accrue to the world of humanity.
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Accurate Concentrate Happiness Humanity Strive
If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
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Commit Error Forgive Forgiving Instantly Wrong
In the world of existence there is no more powerful magnet than the magnet of love.
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Existence Magnet More Powerful World
War shall cease between nations, and by the will of God the Most Great Peace shall come; the world will be seen as a new world, and all men will live as brothers.
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Cease God Great Men Nation New War World
The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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Decline Fall Ignorance People Principal Reason
We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena and that the absence of love is the cause of disintegration or non-existence.
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Absence Cause Disintegration Existence Love Phenomena
When the spiritually minded dive deeply into the ocean of their meaning they bring to the surface the pearls of their inner significance.
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Bring Deeply Dive Meaning Minded Ocean Pearl Sacrifice Spiritually Surface
Dignity before God depends, not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart. Human virtues belong equally to all!
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Depend Dignity Equally God Heart Luminosity Purity Sex
We ask God to endow human souls with justice so that they may be fair and may strive to provide for the comfort of all that each member of humanity may pass his life in the utmost comfort and welfare.
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Comfort Endow God Humanity Justice Member Order Servant Soul
This is because the spirit has no place; it is placeless; and for the spirit the earth and the heaven are as one since it makes discoveries in both
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Discovery Earth Heaven Placeless Spirit

Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood and preserved for ages to come.

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Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood and preserved for ages to come.

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