Abdu'l-Bahá Quotes
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Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder, is the people's lack of religious faith and…
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The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount,…
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...knowledge is the cause of human progress.
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To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.
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The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together…
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The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust, and it must traverse all…
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The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through…
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This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the…
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In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality…
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Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained…
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That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes. In…
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The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. ... so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of…
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The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion. War shall…
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May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses of one garden in order…
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Sometimes I want to ask God why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice when He could do something about it, but I'm afraid he might…
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If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
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We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena and that the absence of love is the cause of disintegration or…
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Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material…
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Love is the spirit of life unto the adorned body of mankind, the establisher of true civilization in this mortal world, and the shedder of…
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Never is it the wish of `Abdu'l-Bahá to see any being hurt, nor will He make anyone to grieve; for man can receive no greater…
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