He needed ears; he obtained them there in readiness and preparation for his new existence. The powers requisite in this world were conferred upon him in the world of the matrix.
ABDU'L-BAHAThe spirit does not need a body, but the body needs spirit, or it cannot live. The soul can live without a body, but the body without a soul dies
More Abdu'l-Baha Quotes
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Let us join together to hasten forward the Divine Cause of unity, until all humanity knows itself to be one family, joined together in love.
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Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind
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The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.
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They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence.
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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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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 intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.
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To speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced.
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It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation.
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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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The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end.
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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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If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.
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Religion and science are the two wings upon which man’s intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress.
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Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the eyes of Heaven.
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