I want you to be happy…to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.
ABDU'L-BAHAI want you to be happy…to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.
ABDU'L-BAHAFighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust,
ABDU'L-BAHANever 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-BAHAMan is in reality a spiritual being and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy.
ABDU'L-BAHAOne must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole human race.
ABDU'L-BAHALet your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.
ABDU'L-BAHAWhen a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe mere size of the brain has been proved to be no measure of superiority.
ABDU'L-BAHAIf religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.
ABDU'L-BAHAThis 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
ABDU'L-BAHAAnd it must traverse all conditions, for its passage and movement through the conditions of existence will be the means of its acquiring perfections.
ABDU'L-BAHAAt whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites.
ABDU'L-BAHAThere is no question but that they will exert all their efforts, their energies, their sense of pride, to acquire the sciences and arts.
ABDU'L-BAHABut 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.
ABDU'L-BAHAWhen this holy attribute is established in man, all the divine qualities will also become realized.
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