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
ABDU'L-BAHAIt is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition
More Abdu'l-Baha Quotes
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Be ye a refuge to the fearful; bring ye rest and peace to the disturbed; make ye a provision for the destitute; be a treasury of riches for the poor; be a healing medicine for those who suffer pain
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Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
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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.
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To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
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The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount, this fundamental concern is carried forward.
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If love and agreement are manifest in a single family, that family will advance, become illumined and spiritual.
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Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.
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If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task.hus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where they fail.
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All down the ages we see how blood has stained the surface of the earth; but now a ray of greater light has come
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Religion and science are the two wings upon which man’s intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress.
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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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Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes.
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Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.
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It is your duty to be exceedingly kind to every human being…until ye change the world of man into the world of God.
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To find that Bahá’í young people, each and all, are known throughout the world for their intellectual attainmen
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