So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
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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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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Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.
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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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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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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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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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O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.
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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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Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!
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My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.
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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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The Word is the master key for the whole world, inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men, which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked.
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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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A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.
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The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.
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