Live

The one reason I wish to live is that I may reveal Thy Cause, and I seek the continuance of life only that I may be touched by adversity in Thy path.

Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p. 147

Material civilization is like the body and spiritual civilization is like the soul. Body without soul cannot live.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 30

Ye must live and move according to the divine commands and behests.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v3, p. 511
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