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-BAHAA love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles.
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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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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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For knowledge is light, life, felicity, perfection, beauty and the means of approaching the Threshold of Unity. It is the honor and glory of the world of humanity
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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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The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
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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.
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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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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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When the spiritually minded dive deeply into the ocean of their meaning they bring to the surface the pearls of their inner significance.
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No harm will happen to the bounty of the sun, which is everlasting. This spirit has the power of discovery; it encompasses all things.
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In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality of human existence.
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Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.
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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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His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
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