The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit.

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 gift than this, that he rejoice another's heart. I beg of God that ye will be bringers of joy, even as are the angels in Heaven.

Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit

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.

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 non-existence.

God has created us all humanHe is kind & just to all. Why should we be unkind & unjust to each other?

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 conditions, for its passage and movement through the conditions of existence will be the means of its acquiring perfections.