Whatever other children learn in a year, let Bahá’í children learn in a month. The heart of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá longeth, in its love
ABDU'L-BAHAWhatever other children learn in a year, let Bahá’í children learn in a month. The heart of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá longeth, in its love
ABDU'L-BAHAThe rich must wish to give! Life in man should be like a flame, warming all with whom it comes into contact. The spiritually awakened are like to bright torches in the sight of God, they give light and comfort to their fellows.
ABDU'L-BAHAThere is no greater pleasure than to study God’s Word with a spiritual mind.
ABDU'L-BAHAIs the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
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.
ABDU'L-BAHAIf love and agreement are manifest in a single family, that family will advance, become illumined and spiritual.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe confirmations of the Spirit are all those powers and gifts which some are born with (and which men sometimes call genius), but for which others have to strive with infinite pains.
ABDU'L-BAHAIf, 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-BAHAIf we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
ABDU'L-BAHAOne 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-BAHAHe who is educated by the Divine Spirit can, in his time, lead others to receive the same Spirit.
ABDU'L-BAHAMan is under all conditons immersed in a sea of God’s blessings. Therefore, be thou not hopeless under any circumstances, but rather be firm in thy hope
ABDU'L-BAHAThe 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-BAHAService 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-BAHAThe faithful are ever sustained by the presence of the Supreme Concourse. In the Supreme Concourse are Jesus, and Moses, and Elijah, and Bahá’u’lláh, and other supreme Souls: there, also, are the martyrs.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe reality of man is his thought, not his material body. The thought force and the animal force are partners. Although man is part of the animal creation, he possesses a power of thought superior to all other created beings.
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