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'LLAHHoly words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.
More Bahá'u'lláh Quotes
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In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.
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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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Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!
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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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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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