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Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire

Abdu'l-Baha

The 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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Animal Body Force Man Material Partner Reality
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
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
If love and agreement are manifest in a single family, that family will advance, become illumined and spiritual.
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Advanced Agreement Family Illumined Manifest Spiritual
Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively by spiritual rather than physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of treatment should be followed; they are not.
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Caused Illness Impression Nervous Treatment
The body of the human world is sick. Its remedy and healing will be the oneness of the kingdom of humanity. Its life is the Most Great Peace. Its illumination and quickening is love.
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Body Healing Human Oneness Remedy Sick Spiritual World
A man may be a Bah’ in name only. If he is a Bah’ in reality, his deeds and actions will be decisive proofs of it.
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Decisive Man Men Oneness Proof Reality
When the heart is filled with love everything seems beautiful & delightful to us.
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Baha Beautiful Delightful Everything Filled Heart Seem
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
I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.
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Angel Beg Bringer God Heaven Joy
Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections.
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Attainment Happiness Perfection Spiritual
That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes..
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Attribute Book Divine Love Necessary Need World. Acquire
The more ye persevere in this most important task, the more will ye witness the confirmations of God, to such a degree that ye yourselves will be astonished.
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Astonished Confirmation Degree Important More Most Persevere Task
My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving.
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Constant Heart State Thanksgiving
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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Affair Important Mass Ordinary People Problem Uninformed
The greatest bounty of God. Knowledge is identical with guidance, and ignorance is real error
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Error God Guidance Identical Ignorance Knowledge Real

Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire

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Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire

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