In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.
BAHA'U'LLAHLove is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.
More Bahá'u'lláh Quotes
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The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds.
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The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.
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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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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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The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
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Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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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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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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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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The world’s equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind’s ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System – the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.
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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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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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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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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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