An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration.
ABDU'L-BAHAAnyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicit
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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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The woman has greater moral courage than the man; she has also special gifts which enable her to govern in moments of danger and crisis. If necessary she can become a warrior.
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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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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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Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind
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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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Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.
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Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain.
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Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections.
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Be not the slave of your moods, but their master. But if you are so angry, so depressed and so sore that your spirit cannot find deliverance and peace even in prayer, then quickly go and give some pleasure to someone lowly or sorrowful,
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To find that Bahá’í young people, each and all, are known throughout the world for their intellectual attainmen
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The faithful are ever sustained by the presence of the Supreme Concourse. In the Supreme Concourse are Jesus, and Moses, and Elijah, and Bahá’u’lláh, and other supreme Souls: there, also, are the martyrs.
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I beseech you, one and all, to add your prayers to mine to the end that war and bloodshed cease, and that love, friendship, peace and unity reign in the world.
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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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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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