Behold a candle, how it gives its light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its flame of light.
ABDU'L-BAHAWhilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.
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There is no question but that they will exert all their efforts, their energies, their sense of pride, to acquire the sciences and arts.
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Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds.
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We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help and benefit to have a friend come.
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An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration.
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If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.
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To be a Baha’i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.
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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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May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses of one garden in order that through you the oneness of humanity may establish its temple in the world of mankind
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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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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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Just as he prepared himself in the world of the matrix by acquiring forces necessary in this sphere of existence, so, likewise, the indispensable forces of the divine existence must be potentially attained in this world.
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Then this material world will become the very paradise of the Kingdom this elemental earth will be in a heavenly state and all the servants of God will live in the utmost joy happiness and gladness.
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To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
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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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There is but one power which heals—that is God. The state or condition through which the healing takes place is the confidence of the heart.
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