Tablet catalog
29221 in total
ABU 3197‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-12
40 words
The colored people must attend all the unity meetings. There must be no distinctions. All are equal. If you have any influence to get the races to intermarry, it will be very valuable.
ABU 3198‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Mrs Dixon, spoken on 1912-11-08
40 words
It is in God's hands. Pray for me to return and say: 'O Bahá'u'lláh! Confirm ‘Abdu'l-Bahá in the Cause of God.
ABU 3199‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Marie Watson et al in Aug. 1921
40 words
Take prejudice, how it grows. First a few people say something disparaging about a person, and generally, there is a fragment of the truth in what they say.
ABU 3200‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken in May 1911 in Ramleh
40 words
Complete individuality belongs only to the station of the Prophet. Those who follow Him are under the "shadow" of this station.... After death man does not develop through conscious effort
ABU 3201‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to a Christian girl, spoken on 1913-02-23
40 words
Christ and the Bible be for us; the Pope and all the priests be for you. We follow Christ and not the priests.
ABU 3202‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905
40 words
Allusion cannot convey what Reality teaches. Christ said, 'What has happened in the past will happen again in the future.' The reason of this is that all things are under the operation of Divine Law
ABU 3203‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905
40 words
Miracles are constantly being performed in the material world about us, yet they make but little impression. Every Prophet has His own particular Mission and function.
ABU 3204‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
40 words
We have sat together many times before, and we shall sit together many times again in the Kingdom. We shall laugh together very much in those times
ABU 3205‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Mary MacNutt et al in 1904
40 words
Forty years ago there was no rain at Cairo. Thoughtful scientific men planted trees in that region. Now the country is refreshed by rain. Capacity attracts.
ABU 3206‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Aseyeh Allen spoken in May 1907
40 words
One must not look at one's self, for the more one does this, the more he sees his faults
ABU 3207‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London
40 words
It is nearly two thousand years since His holiness the Lord Christ taught this prayer to His people: "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven
ABU 3208‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken at Broadway street en route in New York, 1912-04-18
40 words
This is nothing. This is only the beginning. We will be together in all the worlds of God. You can not realize here what that means.
ABU 3209‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken on 1913-06-24 in Port Said
40 words
Perfection is impossible without humility; humility is unattainable without the love of God
ABU 3210‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken on 1913-11-08 in Ramleh
40 words
I have found a way to gain my living with the sweat of my brow and the labor of my hand. I now must be the candle of severance
ABU 3211‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Mrs Hiscock, spoken on 1913-11-08
40 words
The greatest day in the life of a human soul is when as a thirsty one he arrives at the Fountain of the Water of Life
ABU 3212‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Emogene Hoagg et al, spoken on 1914-01-01
40 words
What is known is that a piece of ground was bought specially for the Tomb of Jesus and that is known as Golgotha. When St. Helena went to Jerusalem she tried to have this place discovered. The Jews showed her the place that is now pointed out. They got a good sum for their guidance.
ABU 3213‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken on 1914-03-17 in Haifa
40 words
Christ was known by the name of the Lamb. The only means of defense that a lamb possesses are his horns.
ABU 3214‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken on 1920-09-20 in Haifa
40 words
He said that the belief of the Druses was very secret, but he knew it - that they do not believe in any prophet, neither Jesus nor Muhammad, but in minor people, such as Peter. Their leader was a servant of Muhammad. They believe in reincarnation. They veil and pretend to be a Muhammadan sect.
ABU 3215‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Julia Grundy spoken around Jan. 1905
40 words
When we give the Message, we develop ourselves. Our own heart is opened when we teach the heart of the listener. The more we give, the more we get.
ABU 3216‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
40 words
If any soul desires to attain to Knowledge, in the moment when that desire had mounted to its apex--a teacher will be sent regardless whether that inquiring one is in a cave in the ground or in any other inaccessible place. The power of divine attraction will bring this Knowledge to that soul.
ABU 3217‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to pilgrims in June 1906
40 words
Men are trained and developed through these; that is, through poverty, vicissitudes and want. Otherwise, God would have ordered that His friends and Saints become endowed with great wealth
ABU 3218‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Miss Rosenberg, spoken around 1909-01-09
40 words
the one essential, the only thing to do was that the members of the little groups should love each other very much and be devoted friends. The more they loved each other, the more the meetings would attract and draw others, and the more they loved, the more their influence would be felt.
ABU 3219‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London
40 words
When a thought of war enters your mind, suppress it, and plant in its stead a positive thought of peace.
ABU 3220‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Mr Esslemont and Mrs True, spoken around Nov. 1919
40 words
As to the House of Spirituality the first question relates to its election. The election should be carried out with sincerity and goodwill.