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
Istiqlal 6 Sultan 182 B.E.
Woman must especially devote her energies and abilities toward the industrial and agricultural sciences, seeking to assist mankind in that which is most needful. By this means she will demonstrate capability and ensure recognition of equality in the social and economic equation.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Promulgation of Universal Peace – p. 283