The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. … so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of this worldly life until he arrives at a state of complete detachment.
ABDU'L-BAHAWhen a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere.
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But to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.
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To find that Bahá’í young people, each and all, are known throughout the world for their intellectual attainmen
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You are the ones who are called to uplift the cause of unity among the nations of the earth.
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Be not the slave of your moods, but their master. But if you are so angry, so depressed and so sore that your spirit cannot find deliverance and peace even in prayer, then quickly go and give some pleasure to someone lowly or sorrowful,
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That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes..
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For knowledge is light, life, felicity, perfection, beauty and the means of approaching the Threshold of Unity. It is the honor and glory of the world of humanity
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Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed.
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Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
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Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicit
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The confirmations of the Spirit are all those powers and gifts which some are born with (and which men sometimes call genius), but for which others have to strive with infinite pains.
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If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.
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I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.
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In short, the foundation of the Kingdom of God is based upon harmony and love, oneness, relationship and union, not upon differences, especially between husband and wife.
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This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the sun continues; and if the mirror is destroyed or ceases to exist
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The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust,
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If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.
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If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
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…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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The faithful are ever sustained by the presence of the Supreme Concourse. In the Supreme Concourse are Jesus, and Moses, and Elijah, and Bahá’u’lláh, and other supreme Souls: there, also, are the martyrs.
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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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So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the Kingdom of God in peace and goodwill.
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Let us join together to hasten forward the Divine Cause of unity, until all humanity knows itself to be one family, joined together in love.
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Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively by spiritual rather than physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of treatment should be followed; they are not.
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This eternal bond should be made secure by a firm covenant, and the intention should be to foster harmony, fellowship and unity and to attain everlasting life.
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And it must traverse all conditions, for its passage and movement through the conditions of existence will be the means of its acquiring perfections.
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Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.
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