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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.

Abdu'l-Baha

It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition
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Alone Fly Possible Religion Wing
A love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles.
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Aboundeth Away Barrier Deliverance Large Peace Spirit Sweep Tolerance
It is your duty to be exceedingly kind to every human being…until ye change the world of man into the world of God.
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Baha Change Duty Exceedingly God Man Men World
To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
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Attain Happiness Joy Sacrifice Self State Temporal True Vanish
In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense.
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Intense Intuition Man Men More Respect Tender
Man is in reality a spiritual being and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy.
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Happy Live Man Reality Spiritual Truly
Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and attained, the highest social development of mankind is not possible.
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Development Equality Established Highest Man Mankind Reality Social Woman
The 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.
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Born Confirmation Genius Gift Men Pain Power Spirit
God has created us all humanHe is kind & just to all. Why should we be unkind & unjust to each other?
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God Human Kind Should Unjust Unkind
To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence.
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Animal Ignorance Intelligence Knowledge Mean Real Science
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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Brother Fundamental Gift God Oneness Peace Religion War
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
The supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms
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Celestial Direct Force Magnetic Movement Realms Supreme
But 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.
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Alertness Balance Force Losing Mental Quality Service Shifting Spiritual
The home of Religion is the heart.
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Heart Home Religion
If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
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Happiness Happy Birthday Joy Look Season Time Wait
If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.
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Dart Honey Live Milk Poison Return Soul
it is certain that the incidence of chronic and diversified illnesses will abate, and the general health of all mankind will be much improved.
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Chronic General Health Improved Mankind
Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed.
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Employment Fighting Force Heart Men Oppressed Right
Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicit
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Baha Circumstance Comfort Contentedly Felicit Gratification Hardship Heath
By nothing,under no conditions, be ye perturbed.
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Condition Nothing Perturbed Under
No harm will happen to the bounty of the sun, which is everlasting. This spirit has the power of discovery; it encompasses all things.
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Bounty Discovery Everlasting Happen Harm Sun
And now one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the Covenant-breakers, for they will utterly destroy the Cause of God, exterminate
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Effort Entirely Fundamental God Law Past Principle Sun
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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Adorned Civilization Establisher Imperishable Love Mankind Peace Race Spirit
Is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
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Fact Lack People Religious Uneducated
The 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.
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Awakened Contact Flame Give Life Man Rich Spiritual Warning Wish
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

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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