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The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over woman by reason of his more forceful and aggressive qualities both of body and mind.

Abdu'l-Baha

Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Dark Filled Heart Light Shout Strive Voice
God has created us all humanHe is kind & just to all. Why should we be unkind & unjust to each other?
ABDU'L-BAHA

God Human Kind Should Unjust Unkind
To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Attain Happiness Joy Sacrifice Self State Temporal True Vanish
Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit
ABDU'L-BAHA

Divine Judgement Man Measure Simply Spirit Standard
In this sacred Dispensation conflict and contention are in no wise permitted.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Conflict Contention Permitted Sacred Wise
An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Humble Inspiration Learning Man Powerful Profound Scholar Spirit
If one of these two become the cause of divorce, that one will 392 unquestionably fall into great difficulties, will become the victim of formidable calamities and experience deep remorse.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Difficulty Divorce Fall Formidable Great Victim
Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station.
ABDU'L-BAHA

God Humanity Illumined Kingdom Light Look Radiate Reflection Service Star
His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Account Effort Exerted Law Past Render
So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the Kingdom of God in peace and goodwill.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Brotherhood Crown Effort God Goodwill Peace Success Universal
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Angel Anymore Gift Greater Grieve Heart Hurt Recieve Wish
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-BAHA

Blessed Fire Fruit God Knowledge Science Tree
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Excel Fail Fault Formidable Incumbent Look People Standpoint Task
Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind
ABDU'L-BAHA

Foundation Mankind Truthfulness Virtue
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Dogmatic End Humanity May Oneness Superstitions
It is your duty to be exceedingly kind to every human being…until ye change the world of man into the world of God.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Baha Change Duty Exceedingly God Man Men World

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