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In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition.Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality.

Abdu'l-Baha

Whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.
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By some this state is reached through pills, powders, and physicians. By others through hygiene, fasting, and prayer. By others through direct perception.
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Fasting Hygiene Physician Pill Powder Prayer Reached State
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
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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Ailing Conciliation Devotion Doctor Friendship God Honour Nurse Promote
The forces and powers necessary for this world were bestowed upon him in that limited condition. In this world he needed eyes; he received them potentially in the other.
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Or to a guilty or innocent sufferer! Sacrifice yourself, your talent, your time, your rest to another, to one who has to bear a heavier load than you – and your unhappy mood will dissolve into a blessed, contented submission to God.
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Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
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I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.
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Angel Beg Bringer God Heaven Joy
Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes.
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Conquer Foe Love Melt Opposition Tolerance Triumph
Love everybody, serve everybody.
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The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.
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Avail Good Heart Intellect Little Servant
Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
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A love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles.
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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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If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
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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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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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The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust,
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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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Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
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Attainment Conductive God Human Knowledge Welfare
The home of Religion is the heart.
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Heart Home Religion
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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Brotherhood Humanity Love Peace Religious Universal
Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.
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Alone Deed Effect Manifest Reality
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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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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To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
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This eternal bond should be made secure by a firm covenant, and the intention should be to foster harmony, fellowship and unity and to attain everlasting life.
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Attain Bond Established Eternal Fellowship Harmony Man Unity

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