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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

The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, … grows and develops through the animal spirit.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Animal Book Bounty Develop Human LIkened Man Mirror Shining Spirit Sun
Let’s be wise as the silence, strong as the wind, useful as the light; let’s make of our lips a censer of the virtues.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Light Lips Make Silence Strong Wind Wise
Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts. Praised be God, ye are now exerting strenuous efforts toward this end.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Art Children Education Effort God Greatest Praise Promotion Science Service
Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days
ABDU'L-BAHA

Children Coming Conquer Despair Event Hate Heart Impossible Pass Sincerity Steadily
If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Dart Honey Live Milk Poison Return Soul
The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Away Cut Cutting Entirely Heart Pure Self
His Law and render of no account all efforts exerted in the past.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Account Effort Exerted Law Past Render
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

Cold Flame Heart Hopeless Lifeless Light Sorrowful
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
Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Creature Endowment God Human Individual Responsibility
Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of God are impossible for a soul.
ABDU'L-BAHA

God Humanity Impossible Man Soul Truthfulness World
Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Conquer Foe Love Melt Opposition Tolerance Triumph
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

Aggressive Boh Forceful Man Past Qualities Reason Spiritual Strong
By some this state is reached through pills, powders, and physicians. By others through hygiene, fasting, and prayer. By others through direct perception.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Fasting Hygiene Physician Pill Powder Prayer Reached State
This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the sun continues; and if the mirror is destroyed or ceases to exist
ABDU'L-BAHA

Book Bounty Break Compared Discovery Mirror
Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.
ABDU'L-BAHA

Alone Deed Effect Manifest Reality

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.

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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.

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