Abdu'l-Bahá Born : May 23, 1844 Died : November 28, 1921 Browse All Authors Top 31 quotes by Abdu'l-Bahá Be not the slave of your moods, but their master. But if you are so angry, so depressed and so sore that your spirit cannot find deliverance and peace even in prayer, then quickly go and give some pleasure to someone lowly or sorrowful, or to a guilty or innocent sufferer! Sacrifice yourself, your talent, your time, your rest to another, to one who has to bear a heavier load than you - and your unhappy mood will dissolve into a blessed, contented submission to God. Abdu'l-Bahá sacrifice blessed prayer Let us have love and more love; a love that melts all opposition, a love that conquers all foes, a love that sweeps away all barriers, a love that aboundeth in charity, a large-heartedness, tolerance, forgiveness and noble striving, a love that triumphs over all obstacles. Abdu'l-Bahá triumph tolerance love To be a Baha'i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood. Abdu'l-Bahá religious love peace What profit is there in agreeing that universal friendship is good, and talking of the solidarity of the human race as a grand ideal? Unless these thoughts are translated into the world of action, they are useless. The wrong in the world continues to exist just because people only talk of their ideals, and do not strive to put them into practice. If actions took the place of words, the world's misery would very soon be changed into comfort. Abdu'l-Bahá race practice talking Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly. Abdu'l-Bahá grateful strong heart 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 in the making of a perfect chord. Abdu'l-Bahá diversity trust perfect If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations. Abdu'l-Bahá superstitions imagination religious Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful. In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love Abdu'l-Bahá flames light heart Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light. Abdu'l-Bahá light dark heart Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul. If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it... Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion. Abdu'l-Bahá light heart war One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole human race. If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of their faults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task............ .....Thus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze toward other people, to see where they excel, not where they fail. Abdu'l-Bahá tasks race people Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicity; but to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility. Abdu'l-Bahá hardship baha comfort I want you to be happy...to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you. Abdu'l-Bahá baha laughing order Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed. The rich must wish to give! Life in man should be like a flame, warming all with whom it comes into contact. The spiritually awakened are like to bright torches in the sight of God, they give light and comfort to their fellows. Abdu'l-Bahá fighting heart men If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it. Abdu'l-Bahá baha division hatred If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten. Abdu'l-Bahá quality men life If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men. Abdu'l-Bahá spiritual heart inspirational Let's be wise as the silence, strong as the wind, useful as the light; let's make of our lips a censer of the virtues. Abdu'l-Bahá light strong wise The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end. Abdu'l-Bahá oneness humanity may In the world of existence there is no more powerful magnet than the magnet of love. Abdu'l-Bahá existence powerful world
