Quotes
Authors
Abdu'l-Bahá
"If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men." --
Source : "When a Thought of War Comes, Oppose It By a Stronger Thought of Peace: Baha’i Inspiration Amidst Disunity" by Homa Sabet Tavangar, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 25, 2014.
Abdu'l-Bahá
#Inspirational Quotes
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“The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!”
“I feel like saying we need to all calm down a little. Lets take the time to breathe. I have no intention of allowing myself be distracted.”
“Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”
“It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.”
“I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.”
“One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.”
“The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.”
“Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenges are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do.”