The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over woman by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.
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Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
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By this means she will demonstrate capability and ensure recognition of equality in the social and economic equation.
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There is no contradiction between true religion and science
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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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Happiness is a great healer to those who are ill….This has a greater effect than the remedy itself. You must always have this thought of love and affection when you visit the ailing and afflicted.
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The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.
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Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections.
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The home of Religion is the heart.
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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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If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
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The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord.
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It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition
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Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the eyes of Heaven.
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We ask God to endow human souls with justice so that they may be fair and may strive to provide for the comfort of all that each member of humanity may pass his life in the utmost comfort and welfare.
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Dignity before God depends, not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart. Human virtues belong equally to all!
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