If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it… Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.
ABDU'L-BAHAWhatever other children learn in a year, let Bahá’í children learn in a month. The heart of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá longeth, in its love
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What profit is there in agreeing that universal friendship is good, and talking of the solidarity of the human race as a grand ideal?
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Dignity before God depends, not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart. Human virtues belong equally to all!
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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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Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicit
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Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material world
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Observe that the body of man is confined to a small place; it covers only two spans of earth. But the spirit and mind of man travel to all countries and regions
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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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A man may be a Bah’ in name only. If he is a Bah’ in reality, his deeds and actions will be decisive proofs of it.
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A love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles.
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To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence.
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Man is under all conditons immersed in a sea of God’s blessings. Therefore, be thou not hopeless under any circumstances, but rather be firm in thy hope
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If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.
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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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By this means she will demonstrate capability and ensure recognition of equality in the social and economic equation.
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Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.
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