Abdu'l-Baha on mankind
Abdu'l-Baha172 quotes“Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind”
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By nothing,under no conditions, be ye perturbed.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha It is your duty to be exceedingly kind to every human being…until ye change the world of man into the world of God.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Illnesses which occur because of physical causes should be treated by doctors with medical remedies; those which are due to spiritual causes disappear through spiritual means. contradictory.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The body of the human world is sick. Its remedy and healing will be the oneness of the kingdom of humanity. Its life is the Most Great Peace. Its illumination and quickening is love.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Happiness is a great healer to those who are ill….This has a greater effect than the remedy itself. You must always have this thought of love and affection when you visit the ailing and afflicted.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha 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.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Bahá’í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties. They must, however, exercise the utmost care and become acquainted with each other’s character.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha The rich must wish to give! Life in man should be like a flame, warming all with whom it comes into contact. The spiritually awakened are like to bright torches in the sight of God, they give light and comfort to their fellows.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha In the world of existence there is no more powerful magnet than the magnet of love.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task.hus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where they fail.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha
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