Abdu'l-Baha on bounty
Abdu'l-Baha172 quotes“No harm will happen to the bounty of the sun, which is everlasting. This spirit has the power of discovery; it encompasses all things.”
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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.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha But the balance is already shifting—force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over woman by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha 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-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha By this means she will demonstrate capability and ensure recognition of equality in the social and economic equation.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Man is in reality a spiritual being and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Christ is ever in the world of existence. He has never disappeared out of it…. Rest assured that Christ is present. The Spiritual beauty we see around us today is from the breathings of Christ.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha 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
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Be ye doctor and nurse to the ailing; promote ye friendship, and honour, and conciliation, and devotion to God, in this world of non-existence.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Humanity has emerged from its former degrees of limitation and preliminary training. Man must now become imbued with new virtues and powers, new moralities, new capacities.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha 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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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
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, … grows and develops through the animal spirit.
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