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.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe 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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All Art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines through the mind of a musician, it manifests itself in beautiful harmonies. Again, shining through the mind of a poet, it is seen in fine poetry and poetic prose.
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His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
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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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If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.
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…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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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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Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
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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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When the heart is filled with love everything seems beautiful & delightful to us.
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He needed ears; he obtained them there in readiness and preparation for his new existence. The powers requisite in this world were conferred upon him in the world of the matrix.
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Woman must especially devote her energies and abilities toward the industrial and agricultural sciences, seeking to assist mankind in that which is most needful.
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In the world of existence there is no more powerful magnet than the magnet of love.
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Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
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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
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It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation.
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