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.
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.
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Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.
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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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In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense.
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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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Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul.
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Be ye doctor and nurse to the ailing; promote ye friendship, and honour, and conciliation, and devotion to God, in this world of non-existence.
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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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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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If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.
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Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds.
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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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We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help and benefit to have a friend come.
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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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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.
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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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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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When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere.
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He who is educated by the Divine Spirit can, in his time, lead others to receive the same Spirit.
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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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An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration.
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By this means she will demonstrate capability and ensure recognition of equality in the social and economic equation.
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Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days
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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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Illnesses which occur because of physical causes should be treated by doctors with medical remedies; those which are due to spiritual causes disappear through spiritual means. contradictory.
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Humanity has emerged from its former degrees of limitation and preliminary training. Man must now become imbued with new virtues and powers, new moralities, new capacities.
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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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