Dedicate the precious days of your lives to the betterment of the world
BAHA'U'LLAHBring 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.
More Bahá'u'lláh Quotes
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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 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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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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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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Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.
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The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
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Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
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The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.
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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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Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
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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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Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.
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In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.
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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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