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them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls; if they injure you,

teach them how to be comforted; if they in ict a wound upon you, be a balm to their sores; if

they sting you, hold to their lips a refreshing cup.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, No. 8

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May the assembled believers now but a tiny nucleus of the Bahá’í Commonwealth of the future

so exemplify that spirit of universal love and fellowship as to evoke in the minds of their

associates the vision of that future City of God which the almighty arm of Bahá’u’lláh can

alone establish.

Shoghi E endi, Letter dated 12 April 1927, To the members of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, Bahá’í Administration

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There is very little Divine love in the world to-day, but a great deal of intellectual reasoning,

which is an entirely di erent thing, and springs from the mind and not the heart.

Letter written on behalf of Shoghi E endi, 28 July 1950, To the Manchester Spiritual
Assembly (Unfolding Destiny, p406)

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“Try with all your hearts”, [‘Abdu’l-Bahá] urged one audience, “to be willing channels for

God’s Bounty. For I say unto you that He has chosen you to be His messengers of love

throughout the world, to be His bearers of spiritual gifts to man, to be the means of spreading

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