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Ye were created to show love one to another and not perversity and rancour. Take pride not in love for yourselves but in love for your fellow-creatures.

Baha’u’llah
Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 138
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O My brother!
Not every sea hath pearls; not every branch will flower, nor will the nightingale sing thereon.
Then, ere the nightingale of the mystic Paradise repair to the celestial garden, and the rays of the morn of inner meaning return to the Day-Star of Truth, make thou an effort, that haply in this dust-heap of a mortal world thou mayest catch a fragrance from the everlasting rose-garden...

Bahá’u’lláh
Call of the Divine Beloved
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O Bird of Holiness!
Soar in the heaven of communion with Me, and acquaint the people with that which We disclosed unto Thee in the billowing oceans of immortality beyond the mount of glory.
Let the fear of no one dismay Thee, and put Thy trust in God, the Almighty, the Beneficent.

Bahá’u’lláh
The Summons of the Lord of Hosts
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Let all your striving be for this,
to become the source of life and immortality,
and peace and comfort and joy,
to every human soul,
whether one known to you or a stranger,
one opposed to you or on your side.
Look ye not upon the purity or impurity of his nature: look ye upon the all-embracing mercy of the Lord...

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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It is now the time in the history of the world for us to strive and give an impetus to the advancement and development of inner forces—that is to say, we must arise to service in the world of morality, for human morals are in need of readjustment. We must also render service to the world of intellectuality in order that the minds of men may increase in power and become keener in perception…

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá

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Unity is the expression of the loving power of God and reflects the reality of Divinity. It is resplendent in this Day through the bestowals of light upon humanity.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 14.
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It is through your deeds that ye can distinguish yourselves from others. Through them the brightness of your light can be shed upon the whole earth.

Bahá’u’lláh
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 305
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Among certain nations of the East, music was considered reprehensible, but in this new age the Manifest Light hath, in His holy Tablets, specifically proclaimed that music, sung or played, is spiritual food for soul and heart.

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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Be ye sincerely kind, not in appearance only. Let each one of God’s loved ones center his attention on this: to be the Lord’s mercy to man; to be the Lord’s grace. Let him do some good to every person whose path he crosseth, and be of some benefit to him.

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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God leaves not His children comfortless, but, when the darkness of winter overshadows them, then again He sends His Messengers, the Prophets, with a renewal of the blessed spring. The Sun of Truth appears again on the horizon of the world shining into the eyes of those who sleep, awaking them to behold the glory of a new dawn…

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
Paris Talks
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Fundamentally, all warfare and bloodshed in the human world are due to the lack of unity between the religions, which through superstitions and adherence to theological dogmas have obscured the one reality which is the source and basis of them all.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 396.
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God’s purpose is none other than to usher in, in ways He alone can bring about, and the full significance of which He alone can fathom, the Great, the Golden Age of a long-divided, a long-afflicted humanity. Its present state, indeed even its immediate future, is dark, distressingly dark. Its distant future, however, is radiant, gloriously radiant—so radiant that no eye can visualize it.

Shoghi Effendi
The Promised Day is Come, p. 116
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Justice must be sacred, and the rights of all the people must be considered. Desire for others only that which you desire for yourselves.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Paris Talks, p. 159
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There is one God; mankind is one; the foundations of religion are one. Let us worship Him, and give praise for all His great Prophets and Messengers who have manifested His brightness and glory.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 20
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The purpose of religion as revealed from the heaven of God’s holy Will is to establish unity and concord amongst the peoples of the world; make it not the cause of dissension and strife. The religion of God and His divine law are the most potent instruments and the surest of all means for the dawning of the light of unity amongst men.

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
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O people of Bahá! The source of crafts, sciences and arts is the power of reflection. Make ye every effort that out of this ideal mine there may gleam forth such pearls of wisdom and utterance as will promote the well-being and harmony of all the kindreds of the earth.

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
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Whensoever a company of people shall gather in a meeting place, shall engage in glorifying God, and shall speak with one another of the mysteries of God, beyond any doubt the breathings of the Holy Spirit will blow gently over them, and each shall receive a share thereof.

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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O MY God! There is no one but Thee to allay the anguish of my soul, and Thou art my highest aspiration, O my God. My heart is wedded to none save Thee and such as Thou dost love. I solemnly declare that my life and death are both for Thee. Verily Thou art incomparable and hast no partner...

The Báb
Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 204.
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Music: https://youtu.be/2rP82DiMyZ8?si=r045HZ8Fm8oNfwUA
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In the spiritual world the divine bestowals are infinite, for in that realm there is neither separation nor disintegration, which characterize the world of material existence. Spiritual existence is absolute immortality, completeness and unchangeable being. Therefore, we must thank God that He has created for us both material blessings and spiritual bestowals.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, no. 38.
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The earth is one earth, and the same atmosphere surrounds it. No difference or preference has been made by God for its human inhabitants; but man has laid the foundation of prejudice, hatred and discord with his fellowman by considering nationalities separate in importance and races different in rights and privileges.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 231
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Baha’u’llah taught that an equal standard of human rights must be recognized and adopted. In the estimation of God all men are equal; there is no distinction or preferment for any soul in the dominion of His justice and equity.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 181.
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The American continent gives signs and evidences of very great advancement; its future is even more promising, for its influence and illumination are far-reaching, and it will lead all nations spiritually.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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Today the one overriding need is unity and harmony among the beloved of the Lord, for they should have among them but one heart and soul and should, so far as in them lieth, unitedly withstand the hostility of all the peoples of the world; they must bring to an end the benighted prejudices of all nations and religions and must make known to every member of the human race that all are the leaves of one branch, the fruits of one bough.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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Religion is the outer expression of the divine reality.
Therefore, it must be living, vitalized, moving and progressive.
If it be without motion and nonprogressive,
it is without the divine life; it is dead.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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O youth of this century of God! In this new age, this century of the Glorious Lord, ye must be so attracted to the Blessed Beauty and so enthralled by the Beloved of the World that ye may become the embodiments of the truth of this verse:

I am lost, O Love, possessed and dazed,
Love’s fool am I, in all the earth.[1]

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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[1] Marzieh Gail’s translation, published in Memorials of the Faithful, pp. 22, 30.

…Bahá’u’lláh hath said that the various races of humankind lend a composite harmony and beauty of color to the whole. Let all associate, therefore, in this great human garden even as flowers grow and blend together side by side without discord or disagreement between them.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, no. 28.
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Material civilization is like a lamp-glass. Divine civilization is the lamp itself and the glass without the light is dark. Material civilization is like the body. No matter how infinitely graceful, elegant and beautiful it may be, it is dead. Divine civilization is like the spirit, and the body gets its life from the spirit, otherwise it becomes a corpse.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 303
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… were men to abide by and observe the divine teachings, every trace of evil would be banished from the face of the earth. However, the widespread differences that exist among mankind and the prevalence of sedition, contention, conflict and the like are the primary factors which provoke the appearance of the satanic spirit. Yet the Holy Spirit hath ever shunned such matters.

Baha'u'llah
Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 177
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In the sight of God there is no difference between the various races.
Why should man invent such a prejudice?
How can we uphold war caused by an illusion?

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
Paris Talks
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... for the God of love is also a God of justice and each man must inevitably reap what he sows. Let us try to understand the commands of the Most High and to order our lives as He directs. True happiness depends on spiritual good and having the heart ever open to receive the Divine Bounty.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
Paris Talks
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