If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.
ABDU'L-BAHAIf religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it… Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.
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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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Hence the new age will be an age less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals
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Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicit
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God has created us all humanHe is kind & just to all. Why should we be unkind & unjust to each other?
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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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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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Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
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We must all strive and concentrate all our thoughts in order that such happiness may accrue to the world of humanity.
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The supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms
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…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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Love is the spirit of life unto the adorned body of mankind, the establisher of true civilization in this mortal world, and the shedder of imperishable glory upon every high-aiming race and nation.
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Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
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Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We seem better able to cope with the world and to find our sphere of influence.
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I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.
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Today the mass of the people are uninformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time.
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All down the ages we see how blood has stained the surface of the earth; but now a ray of greater light has come
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War shall cease between nations, and by the will of God the Most Great Peace shall come; the world will be seen as a new world, and all men will live as brothers.
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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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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.
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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.
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If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.
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Behold a candle, how it gives its light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its flame of light.
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In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God.
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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.
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Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world.
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Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days
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