Today the mass of the people are uninformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time.
ABDU'L-BAHAWe 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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The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, … grows and develops through the animal spirit.
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Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained here.
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Behold a candle, how it gives its light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its flame of light.
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In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
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Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind
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The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners. Although man is part of the animal creation, he possesses a power of thought superior to all other created beings.
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Bahá’í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties. They must, however, exercise the utmost care and become acquainted with each other’s character.
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Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.
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My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving.
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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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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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Hence the new age will be an age less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals
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The faithful are ever sustained by the presence of the Supreme Concourse. In the Supreme Concourse are Jesus, and Moses, and Elijah, and Bahá’u’lláh, and other supreme Souls: there, also, are the martyrs.
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Religion and science are the two wings upon which man’s intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress.
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There is no contradiction between true religion and science
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