What profit is there in agreeing that universal friendship is good, and talking of the solidarity of the human race as a grand ideal?
ABDU'L-BAHABut the balance is already shifting—force is losing its weight and mental alertness, intuition, and the spiritual qualities of love and service, in which woman is strong, are gaining ascendancy.
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it is certain that the incidence of chronic and diversified illnesses will abate, and the general health of all mankind will be much improved.
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Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
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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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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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If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten.
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In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality of human existence.
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Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections.
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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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To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
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Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and attained, the highest social development of mankind is not possible.
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Happiness is a great healer to those who are ill….This has a greater effect than the remedy itself. You must always have this thought of love and affection when you visit the ailing and afflicted.
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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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Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material world
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Man is in reality a spiritual being and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy.
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Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind
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The home of Religion is the heart.
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Beware of prejudice; light is good in whatsoever lamp it is burning; a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.
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Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain.
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Help along one another’s projects and plans.
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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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We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help and benefit to have a friend come.
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The more ye persevere in this most important task, the more will ye witness the confirmations of God, to such a degree that ye yourselves will be astonished.
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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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In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense.
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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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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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