The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust,
ABDU'L-BAHAThus 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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In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense.
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Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain.
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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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The forces and powers necessary for this world were bestowed upon him in that limited condition. In this world he needed eyes; he received them potentially in the other.
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His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
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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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There is no question but that they will exert all their efforts, their energies, their sense of pride, to acquire the sciences and arts.
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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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The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end.
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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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If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.
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Love is the spirit of life unto the adorned body of mankind, the establisher of true civilization in this mortal world, and the shedder of imperishable glory upon every high-aiming race and nation.
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The home of Religion is the heart.
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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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…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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