Thus hath it been sent down from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Lord of Revelation.
BAHA'U'LLAHNor 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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So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
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Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.
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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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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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Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration.
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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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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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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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Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.
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In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.
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Dedicate the precious days of your lives to the betterment of the world
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Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
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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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Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
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The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.
BAHá'U'LLáH