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Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.

Abdu'l-Baha

The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. … so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of this worldly life until he arrives at a state of complete detachment.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Advance Affair Book Life Man Mind Suffering Tribulation Wordly
There is no greater pleasure than to study God’s Word with a spiritual mind.
ABDU'L-BAHA

God Greater Mind Pleasure Spiritual Study Word
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-BAHA

Forget Good Life Man Qualities Quality
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Degree Emerged Former Humanity Imbued Men Perfection Power Virtue
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Decisive Man Men Oneness Proof Reality
Woman must especially devote her energies and abilities toward the industrial and agricultural sciences, seeking to assist mankind in that which is most needful.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Agriculture Devote Energy Mankind Mean Recognition Science Seeking Woman
At whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Character Food Healing Illness Mean Physician Simple
And now one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the Covenant-breakers, for they will utterly destroy the Cause of God, exterminate
ABDU'L-BAHA

Effort Entirely Fundamental God Law Past Principle Sun
New bounties, bestowals and perfections are awaiting and already descending upon him.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Awaiting Bestowal Bounties Descending New Perfection
I want you to be happy…to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Baha Happy Laugh Laughing Made Order Rejoice You
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
ABDU'L-BAHA

Humanity Mankind Oneness Philanthropy Reflecting Requirement Sincerity
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-BAHA

Brotherhood Humanity Love Peace Religious Universal
If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Commit Error Forgive Forgiving Instantly Wrong
The woman has greater moral courage than the man; she has also special gifts which enable her to govern in moments of danger and crisis. If necessary she can become a warrior.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Courage Crisis Danger Moment Woman
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-BAHA

Body Healing Human Oneness Remedy Sick Spiritual World
Love everybody, serve everybody.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Everybody Humanity Serve

Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.

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