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.
BAHA'U'LLAHThe True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.
More Bahá'u'lláh Quotes
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Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he has seen, and heard, and understood (before), all must he set at naught, that he may enter the Realm of the Spirit, which is the City of God.
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Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things you would not desire for yourself.
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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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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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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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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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Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
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Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
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Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!
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Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.
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In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.
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Thus hath it been sent down from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Lord of Revelation.
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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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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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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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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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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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Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.
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O ye rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease.
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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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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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My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.
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Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!
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Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.
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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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The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.
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