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.
ABDU'L-BAHAOne must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole human race.
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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.
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In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
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Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts. Praised be God, ye are now exerting strenuous efforts toward this end.
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Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively by spiritual rather than physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of treatment should be followed; they are not.
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Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
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If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it… Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.
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And it must traverse all conditions, for its passage and movement through the conditions of existence will be the means of its acquiring perfections.
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We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena and that the absence of love is the cause of disintegration or non-existence.
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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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If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task.hus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where they fail.
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To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence.
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There is but one power which heals—that is God. The state or condition through which the healing takes place is the confidence of the heart.
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All down the ages we see how blood has stained the surface of the earth; but now a ray of greater light has come
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Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station.
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His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
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