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A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding…

Bahá'u'lláh

Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things you would not desire for yourself.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Desire Soul Wish
Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Evil Faults May No Speak
Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Age Needs
A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding…
BAHA'U'LLAH

Heart Light Men
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Adversity Faces Friendly
Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
BAHá'U'LLáH

Adorning Deed Words
Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he has seen, and heard, and understood (before), all must he set at naught, that he may enter the Realm of the Spirit, which is the City of God.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Cities Goal Sacrifice
Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Blessed Justice Men
Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Fire Hatred Religious
O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Baha Heart Son
The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Abundance Deeds Essence
Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Fear Heart Love
The Word is the master key for the whole world, inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men, which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Heart Men Reality
The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Cities Country Soul
In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Garden Heart Rose
Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Materialism Religion Science Superstitions

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