The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.
BAHA'U'LLAHThe 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.
More Bahá'u'lláh Quotes
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A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.
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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.
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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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O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials.
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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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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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The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.
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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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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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All peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and should be to one another as brothers and sisters.
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Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
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Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
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Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.
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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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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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Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind…
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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 SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life.
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Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
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Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.
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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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The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.
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Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!
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Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!
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