You are the ones who are called to uplift the cause of unity among the nations of the earth.
ABDU'L-BAHAIf 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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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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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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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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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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Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections.
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Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood and preserved for ages to come.
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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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Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit
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The spirit does not need a body, but the body needs spirit, or it cannot live. The soul can live without a body, but the body without a soul dies
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The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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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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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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Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained here.
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Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.
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If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.
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