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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.

Abdu'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.
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Behold Candle Drop Flames Order Life Light Order Weep
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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Expressed Heavenly Ocean Parable Spiritual Teaching Understood
My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving.
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Constant Heart State Thanksgiving
The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord.
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Art Diversity Family Human Music Perfect Together Trust
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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Dart Honey Live Milk Poison Return Soul
What are the requirements? Love for mankind, sincerity toward all, reflecting the oneness of the world of humanity, philanthropy, becoming enkindled with the fire of the love of God
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Humanity Mankind Oneness Philanthropy Reflecting Requirement Sincerity
All Art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet, it is seen in fine poetry and poetic prose.
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Art Beautiful Harmonies Holy Light Mind Musician Spirit
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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Attain Bond Established Eternal Fellowship Harmony Man Unity
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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Humble Inspiration Learning Man Powerful Profound Scholar Spirit
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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Blessed Depressed Mood Prayer Sacrifice Slave
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.
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Degree Emerged Former Humanity Imbued Men Perfection Power Virtue
Today the mass of the people are uninformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time.
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Affair Important Mass Ordinary People Problem Uninformed
Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days
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Children Coming Conquer Despair Event Hate Heart Impossible Pass Sincerity Steadily
The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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Decline Fall Ignorance People Principal Reason
Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit
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Divine Judgement Man Measure Simply Spirit Standard
Love everybody, serve everybody.
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Everybody Humanity Serve

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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