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-BAHALet’s be wise as the silence, strong as the wind, useful as the light; let’s make of our lips a censer of the virtues.
More Abdu'l-Baha Quotes
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Man is in reality a spiritual being and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy.
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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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The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
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The home of Religion is the heart.
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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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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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Dignity before God depends, not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart. Human virtues belong equally to all!
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Beware of prejudice; light is good in whatsoever lamp it is burning; a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.
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Whilst 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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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.
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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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Help along one another’s projects and plans.
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It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation.
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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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