Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
ABDU'L-BAHAWe ask God to endow human souls with justice so that they may be fair and may strive to provide for the comfort of all that each member of humanity may pass his life in the utmost comfort and welfare.
More Abdu'l-Baha Quotes
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Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We seem better able to cope with the world and to find our sphere of influence.
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There is no question but that they will exert all their efforts, their energies, their sense of pride, to acquire the sciences and arts.
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It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition
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They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence.
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It is your duty to be exceedingly kind to every human being…until ye change the world of man into the world of God.
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To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
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That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes..
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Then this material world will become the very paradise of the Kingdom this elemental earth will be in a heavenly state and all the servants of God will live in the utmost joy happiness and gladness.
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You are the ones who are called to uplift the cause of unity among the nations of the earth.
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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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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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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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To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
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If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
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So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the Kingdom of God in peace and goodwill.
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