Tablet catalog
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
OOL 06 20258 Phelps: ABU 1280
ABU 1280•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
250 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
Man's happiness has its source in the heart, not in the body. When his heart is glad, a man is happy, though in prison.
AELT. Phelps, Myron. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1903. Republished 1912 with different pagination. 1903 edition: https://archive.org/stream/lifeteachingsofa00phel. 1912 edition: https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf. Catalog pagination follows 1912 edition
AELT.203-204
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf#page=250