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…
BAHA'U'LLAHThe essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.
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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.
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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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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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The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.
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The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.
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The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.
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Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.
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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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A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.
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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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Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
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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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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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Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.
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Regard ye the world as a man’s body, which is afflicted with diverse ailments, and the recovery of which dependeth upon the harmonizing of all its component elements.
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