The forces and powers necessary for this world were bestowed upon him in that limited condition. In this world he needed eyes; he received them potentially in the other.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe 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.
More Abdu'l-Baha Quotes
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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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Man’s intelligence is greater, spirituality is beginning to grow, and a time is surely coming when the religions of the world will be at peace.
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Be ye doctor and nurse to the ailing; promote ye friendship, and honour, and conciliation, and devotion to God, in this world of non-existence.
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…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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No harm will happen to the bounty of the sun, which is everlasting. This spirit has the power of discovery; it encompasses all things.
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If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
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By nothing,under no conditions, be ye perturbed.
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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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What profit is there in agreeing that universal friendship is good, and talking of the solidarity of the human race as a grand ideal?
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In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God.
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The greatest bounty of God. Knowledge is identical with guidance, and ignorance is real error
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Religion and science are the two wings upon which man’s intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress.
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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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Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
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Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.
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