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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…

Bahá'u'lláh

The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Abundance Deeds Essence
My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.
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Fire Light Vengeance
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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Desire Quests Unions
In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.
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Garden Heart Rose
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.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Adversity Faces Friendly
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.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Cities Goal Sacrifice
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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Cities Educational Order
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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Honesty People Soul
Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration.
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Age Baha Soul
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.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Light Powerful Tree
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'LLAH

Heart Light Men
Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.
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Eye Hands Heart
The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
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Country Kindness Peace
Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.
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Adorning Deed Words
Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Fear Heart Love
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
BAHA'U'LLAH

Adversity Baha Prosperity

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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