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Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.

Abdu'l-Baha

The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.
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Away Cut Cutting Entirely Heart Pure Self
The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion.
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Brother Fundamental Gift God Oneness Peace Religion War
In this sacred Dispensation conflict and contention are in no wise permitted.
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Conflict Contention Permitted Sacred Wise
Bahá’í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties. They must, however, exercise the utmost care and become acquainted with each other’s character.
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Affection Character Cordial Excercise Exercise Marriage Party Union
Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit
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Divine Judgement Man Measure Simply Spirit Standard
When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere.
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Face God Man Sunshine Turn
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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Blessed Fire Fruit God Knowledge Science Tree
An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration.
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Humble Inspiration Learning Man Powerful Profound Scholar Spirit
The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts.
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Conjoining Heart Humanity Importance Love Mankind Philosophy Unity
The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance.
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Decline Fall Ignorance People Principal Reason
By nothing,under no conditions, be ye perturbed.
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Condition Nothing Perturbed Under
Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
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Dark Filled Heart Light Shout Strive Voice
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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Better Cause Dislike Division Hatred Religion Unity Without
These he must attain in this world so that after his ascension from the earthly to the heavenly Kingdom he shall find all that is needful in that eternal life ready for him
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Ascension Attain Earthly Kingdom Needful World
War shall cease between nations, and by the will of God the Most Great Peace shall come; the world will be seen as a new world, and all men will live as brothers.
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Cease God Great Men Nation New War World
Man’s intelligence is greater, spirituality is beginning to grow, and a time is surely coming when the religions of the world will be at peace.
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Beginning Greater Intelligence Man Peace Spirituality
Be not the slave of your moods, but their master. But if you are so angry, so depressed and so sore that your spirit cannot find deliverance and peace even in prayer, then quickly go and give some pleasure to someone lowly or sorrowful,
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Blessed Depressed Mood Prayer Sacrifice Slave
In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
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Existence Greater Indeed Power World
Behold a candle, how it gives its light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its flame of light.
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Behold Candle Drop Flames Order Life Light Order Weep
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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Art Diversity Family Human Music Perfect Together Trust
To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
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Duty Educational God Knowledge Promote
What profit is there in agreeing that universal friendship is good, and talking of the solidarity of the human race as a grand ideal?
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Agreeing Friendship Good Human Ideal Practice Profit Race Talking Universal
Dignity before God depends, not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart. Human virtues belong equally to all!
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Depend Dignity Equally God Heart Luminosity Purity Sex
Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days
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Children Coming Conquer Despair Event Hate Heart Impossible Pass Sincerity Steadily
The mere size of the brain has been proved to be no measure of superiority.
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Brain Courage Man Moral Proved Superiority Warrior Woman
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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Happiness Happy Birthday Joy Look Season Time Wait
The supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms
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Celestial Direct Force Magnetic Movement Realms Supreme

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