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Truthfulness is the foundation of all human virtues. Without truthfulness
progress and success, in all the worlds of God, are impossible for any soul. When
this holy attribute is established in man, all the divine qualities will also be
acquired.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, cited in The Advent of Divine Justice

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Truthfulness, uprightness and integrity are the attributes of the righteous and
the hallmarks of the pure. Truthfulness is the goodliest of qualities as it
comprehendeth all other virtues. A truthful person will be protected from all
moral af ictions, will shrink from every evil deed, and be preserved from every
wicked act, inasmuch as all vices and misdeeds are the very antithesis of

truthfulness, and a truthful man will hold them all in utter abhorrence.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, from a Tablet, translated from the Persian

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O SON OF SPIRIT ! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not
away therefrom if thou desirest Me, and neglect it not that I may con de in thee.

By its aid thou shalt see with thine own eyes and not through the eyes of others,
and shalt know of thine own knowledge and not through the knowledge of thy
neighbor. Ponder this in thy heart; how it behooveth thee to be. Verily justice is
My gift to thee and the sign of My loving-kindness. Set it then before thine eyes.

Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 2

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