Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.
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Abdu'l-Baha172 quotes“Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.”
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Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality of human existence.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts. Praised be God, ye are now exerting strenuous efforts toward this end.
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Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha I beseech you, one and all, to add your prayers to mine to the end that war and bloodshed cease, and that love, friendship, peace and unity reign in the world.
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Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The home of Religion is the heart.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Or to a guilty or innocent sufferer! Sacrifice yourself, your talent, your time, your rest to another, to one who has to bear a heavier load than you – and your unhappy mood will dissolve into a blessed, contented submission to God.
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