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Let them at all times concern themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone love, consideration, thoughtful help.

Abdu'l-Baha

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
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
Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
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Fact Lack People Religious Uneducated
If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task.hus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where they fail.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Excel Fail Fault Formidable Incumbent Look People Standpoint Task
God has created us all humanHe is kind & just to all. Why should we be unkind & unjust to each other?
ABDU'L-BAHA

God Human Kind Should Unjust Unkind
Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Cold Flame Heart Hopeless Lifeless Light Sorrowful
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Art Children Education Effort God Greatest Praise Promotion Science Service
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
When the spiritually minded dive deeply into the ocean of their meaning they bring to the surface the pearls of their inner significance.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Bring Deeply Dive Meaning Minded Ocean Pearl Sacrifice Spiritually Surface
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,
ABDU'L-BAHA

Blessed Depressed Mood Prayer Sacrifice Slave
The supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms
ABDU'L-BAHA

Celestial Direct Force Magnetic Movement Realms Supreme
The rich must wish to give! Life in man should be like a flame, warming all with whom it comes into contact. The spiritually awakened are like to bright torches in the sight of God, they give light and comfort to their fellows.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Awakened Contact Flame Give Life Man Rich Spiritual Warning Wish
Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
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Attainment Conductive God Human Knowledge Welfare
Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Conquer Foe Love Melt Opposition Tolerance Triumph
Then this material world will become the very paradise of the Kingdom this elemental earth will be in a heavenly state and all the servants of God will live in the utmost joy happiness and gladness.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Earth Elemental God Heavenly Kingdom Material Paradise State World
Let us join together to hasten forward the Divine Cause of unity, until all humanity knows itself to be one family, joined together in love.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Divine Humanity Love Together

Let them at all times concern themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone love, consideration, thoughtful help.

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