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Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.

Abdu'l-Baha

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

Desire Encircle Filled Harmony Heart Strenuous Tranquility World
One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole human race.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Human People Praise Race Task Whole Worthy
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
The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Avail Good Heart Intellect Little Servant
To speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Age Balanced Exactly Feminine Masculine More Speak
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-BAHA

Agreeing Friendship Good Human Ideal Practice Profit Race Talking Universal
You are the ones who are called to uplift the cause of unity among the nations of the earth.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Among Called Earth Nation One Unity Uplift
At whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Character Food Healing Illness Mean Physician Simple
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Expressed Heavenly Ocean Parable Spiritual Teaching Understood
Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder
ABDU'L-BAHA

Close Disorder Educational Injustice Investigation Oppression People Primary Religious
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.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Art Beautiful Harmonies Holy Light Mind Musician Spirit
Woman must especially devote her energies and abilities toward the industrial and agricultural sciences, seeking to assist mankind in that which is most needful.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Agriculture Devote Energy Mankind Mean Recognition Science Seeking Woman
Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Attainment Conductive God Human Knowledge Welfare
The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. … so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of this worldly life until he arrives at a state of complete detachment.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Advance Affair Book Life Man Mind Suffering Tribulation Wordly
Christ is ever in the world of existence. He has never disappeared out of it…. Rest assured that Christ is present. The Spiritual beauty we see around us today is from the breathings of Christ.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Assured Beauty Breathing Christ Disappeared Existence Rest Spiritual World
Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Alone Deed Effect Manifest Reality

Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful.

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