Just as he prepared himself in the world of the matrix by acquiring forces necessary in this sphere of existence, so, likewise, the indispensable forces of the divine existence must be potentially attained in this world.
ABDU'L-BAHAIn 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.
More Abdu'l-Baha Quotes
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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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Or 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.
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The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.
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War shall cease between nations, and by the will of God the Most Great Peace shall come; the world will be seen as a new world, and all men will live as brothers.
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They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence.
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I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.
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To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
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It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition
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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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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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Hence the new age will be an age less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals
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Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.
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My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving.
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If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.
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Never is it the wish of `Abdu’l-Bahá to see any being hurt, nor will He make anyone to grieve; for man can receive no greater gift than this, that he rejoice another’s heart.
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