Renounce

. . . renouncement . . . giveth gradual repose and tranquility.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 335

The 'Master Key' to self-mastery is self- forgetting. The road to the palace of life is through the path of renunciation.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Star of the West, Vol. XVII, p. 348

Today the confirmations of the Kingdom of Bahá are with those who renounce themselves, forget their own opinions, cast aside personalities and are thinking of the welfare of others.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Star of the West, Vol. XVII, p. 348
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