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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

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Humanity has emerged from its former degrees of limitation and preliminary training. Man must now become imbued with new virtues and powers, new moralities, new capacities.
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Degree Emerged Former Humanity Imbued Men Perfection Power Virtue
A thought of #hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of #love.
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Baha Destroyed Hatred More Powerful
By this means she will demonstrate capability and ensure recognition of equality in the social and economic equation.
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Demonstrate Economic Equation She Social
In this sacred Dispensation conflict and contention are in no wise permitted.
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Conflict Contention Permitted Sacred Wise
The forces and powers necessary for this world were bestowed upon him in that limited condition. In this world he needed eyes; he received them potentially in the other.
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Bestowed Condition Eyes Force Limited Necessary Needed Power World
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.
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Light Lips Make Silence Strong Wind Wise
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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Dignity Divine Eye Eyes Heart Heaven Respected Right Sex Superior
To find that Bahá’í young people, each and all, are known throughout the world for their intellectual attainmen
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Attainment Intellectual Known People Throughout World Young
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.
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Assured Beauty Breathing Christ Disappeared Existence Rest Spiritual World
Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.
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Darkness Everlasting Grateful Heart Strong Sun
You are the ones who are called to uplift the cause of unity among the nations of the earth.
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Among Called Earth Nation One Unity Uplift
In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
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Existence Greater Indeed Power World
Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder
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Close Disorder Educational Injustice Investigation Oppression People Primary Religious
If some one commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him.
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Commit Error Forgive Forgiving Instantly Wrong
Even through the limitless space of the heavens – surround all that exists, and make discoveries in the exalted spheres and infinite distances. .
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Discovery Exalted Exist Heaven Limitless Space
…knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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Cause Educational Human Knowledge Progress
We should all visit the sick. When they are in sorrow and suffering, it is a real help and benefit to have a friend come.
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Friend Happiness Healer Help Real Sick Sorrow
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.
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Art Children Education Effort God Greatest Praise Promotion Science Service
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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Dogmatic End Humanity May Oneness Superstitions
Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul.
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Birth Face Heart Light Religion Spirituality Unite War
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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Ailing Conciliation Devotion Doctor Friendship God Honour Nurse Promote
Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.
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Alone Deed Effect Manifest Reality
In short, the foundation of the Kingdom of God is based upon harmony and love, oneness, relationship and union, not upon differences, especially between husband and wife.
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Divorce Fall Foundation Harmony Husband Kingdom Oneness Relationship
Hence the new age will be an age less masculine, and more permeated with the feminine ideals
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Age Ageless Civilization Element Feminine Masculine New
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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Ages Blood Down Greater Intelligence Light Man
An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration.
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Humble Inspiration Learning Man Powerful Profound Scholar Spirit
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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Difficulty Divorce Fall Formidable Great Victim

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

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