… in this century, which is the century of light and the revelation of mysteries, God is proving to the satisfaction of humanity that all this is ignorance and error; nay, rather, it is well established that mankind and womankind as parts of composite humanity are coequal and that no difference in estimate is allowable, for all are human.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 133
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Ye are even as a spring. If it be changed, so will the streams that branch out from it be changed…. In like manner, if the heart of man be corrupted, his limbs will also be corrupted. … Thus have We set forth similitudes for your instruction, that perchance ye may not be debarred by the things ye possess from attaining unto that which hath been destined for you…

Bahá’u’lláh
The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 48.
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Beware lest ye shed the blood of any one. Unsheathe the sword of your tongue from the scabbard of utterance, for therewith ye can conquer the citadels of men’s hearts. We have abolished the law to wage holy war against each other.

Bahá’u’lláh
Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
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O ye wise men of the City and philosophers of the world!
Beware lest human learning and wisdom cause you to wax proud before God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

Bahá’u’lláh
The Summons of the Lord of Hosts
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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?

Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas
Volume III
p. 641
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That home which turneth into the nest and shelter of the birds of the garden of Divine Unity, and where the nightingale of praise and utterance singeth upon the branches, extolling the Desired One and proclaiming the Cause of the Beloved, is as the highest paradise and the heavenly garden of the realms above. Blessed is thy home …

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks
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Would it profit you in the least if, as ye fondly imagine, your names were to endure? Nay, by the Lord of all worlds! Should your names fade from every mortal mind, and yet God be well pleased with you, ye will indeed be numbered among the treasures of His name, the Most Hidden.

Bahá’u’lláh
The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 47
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Strive to attain nearness to reality through the acquisition of strength of character, through morality, through good works and helping the poor, through being consumed with the fire of the love of God and in discovering each day new spiritual mysteries. This is the path of intimate approach.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Divine Philosophy, p. 99
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