The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.
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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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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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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Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
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It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornamant of equity and justice.
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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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Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.
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Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly cherished.
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Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.
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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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Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.
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O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men.
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The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.
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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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Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.
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The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.
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