It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.
BAHA'U'LLAHJustice 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.
More Bahá'u'lláh Quotes
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O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.
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Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, that haply the dissensions that divide it may, through the power of the Most Great Name, be blotted out from its face, and all mankind become the upholders of one Order, and the inhabitants of one City.
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A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.
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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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The world’s equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind’s ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System – the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.
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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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Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.
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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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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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O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.
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Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.
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Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
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Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly cherished.
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Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.
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O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men.
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