Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one.
BAHá'U'LLáHThe betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.
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The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.
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The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
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So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
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The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.
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A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding…
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Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
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The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony… So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
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Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
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O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.
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It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornamant of equity and justice.
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My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.
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Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.
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Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.
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I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
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Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.
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