He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of unity among all human beings as a fundamental value.
Baha'U'Llah expresses a profound ideal where all people are seen as interconnected and part of a single entity. This perspective promotes compassion, understanding, and love among humanity, urging individuals to rise above divisions and recognize their shared identity and purpose in the world.
In practice
At a peace conference, this quote can inspire participants to work toward a common goal.
We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.
In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one sees it
Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.
I ought to spend the best hours of the day in communion with God. It is my noblest and most fruitful employment, and is not to be thrust into any corner.
Faith never knows where it is being led, or it would not be faith. True faith is content to travel under sealed orders.
Evolutionary psychologists seem to want to unmask our noblest motives as ultimately self-interested - to show that our love for children, compassion for the unfortunate and sense of justice are just tactics in a Darwinian struggle to perpetuate our genes.
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