Animalism
By devotion to the carnal, mortal world human susceptibilities sink to the level of animalism.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 184
It behooves him to be the cause of human welfare, but inasmuch as he glories in the savagery of animalism, it is an evidence that divine civilization has not been established in human society.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 103
Just as man has been physically born into this world, he may be reborn from the realm and matrix of nature, for the realm of nature is a condition of animalism, darkness and defect.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 332
There is no lower degree nor greater debasement for man than this natural condition of animalism.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 353
Quote of the Day
Istijlal 13 Kamal 183 B.E.
The time is ripe and the opportunities illimitable. We are not alone nor helpless. Sustained by our love for each other and given power through the Administrative Order -- so laboriously erected by our beloved Guardian -- the army of Light can achieve such victories as will astonish posterity.
The Universal House of Justice – Wellspring of Guidance, Messages 1963-1968, p. 120