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, this fundamental concern is carried forward. The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance. Today the mass of the people are uninformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time.
Abdu'l-BaháLove ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds.
Abdu'l-BaháMan is under all conditons immersed in a sea of God's blessings. Therefore, be thou not hopeless under any circumstances, but rather be firm in thy hope
Abdu'l-BaháIf love and agreement are manifest in a single family, that family will advance, become illumined and spiritual.
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