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-BAHAIf we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
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The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end.
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Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood and preserved for ages to come.
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Hence the new age will be an age less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals
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In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition.Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality.
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By some this state is reached through pills, powders, and physicians. By others through hygiene, fasting, and prayer. By others through direct perception.
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Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
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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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Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
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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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Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.
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Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
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The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust,
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If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
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Observe that the body of man is confined to a small place; it covers only two spans of earth. But the spirit and mind of man travel to all countries and regions
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There is no contradiction between true religion and science
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