These he must attain in this world so that after his ascension from the earthly to the heavenly Kingdom he shall find all that is needful in that eternal life ready for him
ABDU'L-BAHADivine 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.
More Abdu'l-Baha Quotes
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Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
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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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When the spiritually minded dive deeply into the ocean of their meaning they bring to the surface the pearls of their inner significance.
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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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Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire
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In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
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Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and attained, the highest social development of mankind is not possible.
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In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God.
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In the world of existence there is no more powerful magnet than the magnet of love.
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To speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced.
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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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Beware of prejudice; light is good in whatsoever lamp it is burning; a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.
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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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Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed.
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His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
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