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.
ABDU'L-BAHAOr to a guilty or innocent sufferer! Sacrifice yourself, your talent, your time, your rest to another, to one who has to bear a heavier load than you – and your unhappy mood will dissolve into a blessed, contented submission to God.
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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But the balance is already shifting—force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy.
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May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses of one garden in order that through you the oneness of humanity may establish its temple in the world of mankind
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If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten.
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There is no greater pleasure than to study God’s Word with a spiritual mind.
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This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the sun continues; and if the mirror is destroyed or ceases to exist
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I beseech you, one and all, to add your prayers to mine to the end that war and bloodshed cease, and that love, friendship, peace and unity reign in the world.
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We 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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In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
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I want you to be happy…to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.
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Whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.
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Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station.
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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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It is your duty to be exceedingly kind to every human being…until ye change the world of man into the world of God.
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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.
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