Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire
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
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The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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We must all strive and concentrate all our thoughts in order that such happiness may accrue to the world of humanity.
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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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Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain.
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To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence.
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What are the requirements? Love for mankind, sincerity toward all, reflecting the oneness of the world of humanity, philanthropy, becoming enkindled with the fire of the love of God
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So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the Kingdom of God in peace and goodwill.
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The woman has greater moral courage than the man; she has also special gifts which enable her to govern in moments of danger and crisis. If necessary she can become a warrior.
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To be a Baha’i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.
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Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We seem better able to cope with the world and to find our sphere of influence.
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Love everybody, serve everybody.
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The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord.
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When the heart is filled with love everything seems beautiful & delightful to us.
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New bounties, bestowals and perfections are awaiting and already descending upon him.
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The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end.
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