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If one of these two become the cause of divorce, that one will 392 unquestionably fall into great difficulties, will become the victim of formidable calamities and experience deep remorse.

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And now one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the Covenant-breakers, for they will utterly destroy the Cause of God, exterminate
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Effort Entirely Fundamental God Law Past Principle Sun
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.
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Awakened Contact Flame Give Life Man Rich Spiritual Warning Wish
The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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Decline Fall Ignorance People Principal Reason
Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicit
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Baha Circumstance Comfort Contentedly Felicit Gratification Hardship Heath
The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts.
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Conjoining Heart Humanity Importance Love Mankind Philosophy Unity
And it must traverse all conditions, for its passage and movement through the conditions of existence will be the means of its acquiring perfections.
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Condition Greater Grieve Movement Passage Perfection Traverse
The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion.
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Brother Fundamental Gift God Oneness Peace Religion War
This is because the spirit has no place; it is placeless; and for the spirit the earth and the heaven are as one since it makes discoveries in both
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Discovery Earth Heaven Placeless Spirit
Set your faces steadily towards the Light of the World. Show love to all… Take courage! God never forsakes His children who strive and work and pray!
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Children Courage Face Forsake God Light Set Steadily Strive Work World
By this means she will demonstrate capability and ensure recognition of equality in the social and economic equation.
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Demonstrate Economic Equation She Social
The reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners. Although man is part of the animal creation, he possesses a power of thought superior to all other created beings.
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Animal Body Force Man Material Partner Reality
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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Forget Good Life Man Qualities Quality
Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of God are impossible for a soul.
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God Humanity Impossible Man Soul Truthfulness World
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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Cease God Great Men Nation New War World
But to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.
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Contented Difficulty Disease Face Happy Indication Nobility Onslaught Sickness
It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation.
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Good Laughing Laughter Relaxation Spiritual
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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Body Die Doe Need Soul Spirit
Let’s be wise as the silence, strong as the wind, useful as the light; let’s make of our lips a censer of the virtues.
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Light Lips Make Silence Strong Wind Wise
In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
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Existence Greater Indeed Power World
Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station.
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God Humanity Illumined Kingdom Light Look Radiate Reflection Service Star
If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.
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Baha Become Dislike Division Hatred Religion
If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
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Commit Error Forgive Forgiving Instantly Wrong
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
Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the eyes of Heaven.
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Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
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Creature Endowment God Human Individual Responsibility
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
This is destined to come about. In the same way, in the character, the conduct and the manners of men, universal modifications will be made.
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Character Destined Modification Same Universal

If one of these two become the cause of divorce, that one will 392 unquestionably fall into great difficulties, will become the victim of formidable calamities and experience deep remorse.

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