17 quotes by Abdu'l-Baha

“Have patience—wait, but do not sit idle; work while you are waiting; smile while you are wearied with monotony; be firm while everything around you is being shaken; be joyous while the ugly face of despair grins at you; speak aloud while the malevolent forces of the nether world try to crush your mind; be valiant and courageous while men all around you are cringing with fear and cowardice.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“If someone commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him. Do not complain of others. Refrain from reprimanding them, and if you wish to give admonition or advice, let it be offered in such a way that it will not burden the bearer”— Abdu'l-Baha

“In this journey you must become a lover of your enemies, so that the purity of your love may attract the hearts.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“The first sign of faith is love. The message of the holy, divine Manifestations is love; the phenomena of creation are based upon love; the radiance of the world is due to love; the well-being and happiness of the world depend upon it. Therefore, I admonish you that you must strive throughout the human world to diffuse the light of love...”— Abdu'l-Baha

“To be approved of God alone should be one's aim.”— Abdu'l-Baha

““If religion is opposed to reason and science, faith is impossible; and when faith and confidence in the divine religion are not manifest in the heart, there can be no spiritual attainment.””— Abdu'l-Baha

“Detachment does not consist in setting fire to one's house, or becoming bankrupt or throwing one's fortune out of the window, or even giving away all of one's possessions. Detachment consists in refraining from letting our possessions possess us.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“Man must live in contentment with the conditions of his time. He must not make himself the slave of any habit. He must eat a piece of stale bread with the same relish and enjoyment as the most sumptuous dinner. Contentment is real wealth. If one develops within himself the quality of contentment he will become independent. Contentment is the creator of happiness. When one is contented he does not care either for riches or poverty. He lives above the influence of them and is indifferent to them.”— Abdu'l-Baha

““Nothing is more fruitful for man than the knowledge of his own shortcomings.””— Abdu'l-Baha

“In order to find truth we must give up our prejudices, our own small trivial notions; an open receptive mind is essential. If our chalice is full of self, there is no room in it for the water of life.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“Let not your heart be offended with anyone… Beware! Beware! lest ye offend any heart.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“The fact that we imagine ourselves to be right and everybody else wrong is the greatest of all obstacles in the path towards unity...”— Abdu'l-Baha

“A good end is the reward of the pious.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“Nothing is too much trouble when one loves, and there is always time.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“To be pure and holy in all things is a necessary characteristic of the unenslaved mind.”— Abdu'l-Baha

“Aim high, choose noble ends...”— Abdu'l-Baha

“The happiness and greatness, the rank and station, the pleasure and peace, of an individual have never consistent in his personal wealth, but rather in his excellent character, his high resolve, the breadth of his learning, and his ability to solve difficult problems.”— Abdu'l-Baha