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The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.

Abdu'l-Baha

The confirmations of the Spirit are all those powers and gifts which some are born with (and which men sometimes call genius), but for which others have to strive with infinite pains.
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Born Confirmation Genius Gift Men Pain Power Spirit
In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God.
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Faith Knowledge Need Spirituality World
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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Happiness Happy Birthday Joy Look Season Time Wait
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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Art Children Education Effort God Greatest Praise Promotion Science Service
Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.
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Desire Encircle Filled Harmony Heart Strenuous Tranquility World
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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Body Confined Country Distance Earth Man Mind Observe Small Span Travel
it is certain that the incidence of chronic and diversified illnesses will abate, and the general health of all mankind will be much improved.
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Chronic General Health Improved Mankind
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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Caused Illness Impression Nervous Treatment
…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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Cause Educational Human Knowledge Progress
He who is educated by the Divine Spirit can, in his time, lead others to receive the same Spirit.
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Divine Educated Lead Receive Same Spirit
The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Avail Good Heart Intellect Little Servant
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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Blessed Depressed Mood Prayer Sacrifice Slave
Illnesses which occur because of physical causes should be treated by doctors with medical remedies; those which are due to spiritual causes disappear through spiritual means. contradictory.
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Doctor Illness Mean Medical Remedies Spiritual
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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Better Cause Dislike Division Hatred Religion Unity Without
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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Condition Greater Grieve Movement Passage Perfection Traverse
But to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.
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Contented Difficulty Disease Face Happy Indication Nobility Onslaught Sickness

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