uld any one
among you be incapable of grasping a certain truth, or be striving to
comprehend it, show forth, when conversing with him, a spirit of extreme
kindliness and good-will. Help him to see and recognize the truth, without
esteeming yourself to be, in the least, superior to him, or to be
possessed of greater endowments.

("Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah", section V) [57]

58: "Beware lest ye contend with any one, nay, strive to make him aware of
the truth..."

Beware lest ye contend with any one, nay, strive to make him aware of the
truth with kindly manner and most convincing exhortation. If your hearer
respond, he will have responded to his own behoof, and if not, turn ye
away from him, and set your faces towards God's sacred Court, the seat of
resplendent holiness.

Dispute not with any one concerning the things of this world and its
affairs, for God hath abandoned them to such as have set their affection
upon them.

("Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah", section CXXVIII) [58]

59: "Warn, O Salman, the beloved of the one true God, not to view with
too..."

Warn, O Salman, the beloved of the one true God, not to view with too
critical an eye the sayings and writings of men. Let them rather approach
such sayings and writings in a spirit of open-mindedness and loving
sympathy. Those men, however, who, in this Day, have been led to assail,
in their inflammatory writings, the tenets of the Cause of God, are to be
treated differently. It is incumbent upon all men, each according to his
ability, to refute the arguments of those that have attacked the Faith of
God. Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the All-Powerful, the
Almighty.

("Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah", section CLIV) [59]

From the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha

60: "Good behaviour and high moral character must come first, for unless
the..."

Good behaviour and high moral character must come first, for unless the
character be trained, acquiring knowledge will only prove injurious.
Knowledge is praiseworthy when it is coupled with ethical conduct and
virtuous character; otherwise it is a deadly poison, a frightful danger. A
physician of evil character, and who betrayeth his trust, can bring on
death, and become the source of numerous infirmities and diseases.

(From a Tablet, translated from the Persian) [60]

From Letters Written by or on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice

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