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"The Breathings of the Divine Spirit awoke Him, and bade Him arise and proclaim His Revelation." (Bwf 32) (100:1) "The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner within this most mighty Stronghold that the whole world may attain unto true liberty. He hath drained to its dregs the cup of sorrow, that all the peoples of the earth may attain unto abiding joy, and be filled with gladness." (Bwf 33) (100:2) "He (Baha'u'llah) bore these ordeals, suffered these calamities and difficulties in order that... the precious, priceless bestowal of God, the human mind, might be developed to its fullest capacity in the temple of the body; and man become the reflection and likeness of God, even as it hath been revealed in the Bible: 'We shall create man in Our own image.'" (Bwf 223- 4) (100:3) "(Baha'u'llah) holdeth in His hand the immediate destinies of all created things." (pam 123) (100:4) "Think not the We have revealed unto you a mere code of laws. Nay, rather, We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power." (Bwf 127) (100:5) "God is My witness that this Wronged One hath no purpose except to convey the Word of God." (Esw 161) (100:6) "I was but a man like others, asleep upon My couch, when lo, the breezes of the All- Glorious were wafted over Me, and taught Me the knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from Me, but from One Who is Almighty and All- Knowing. And He bade Me lift up My voice between earth and heaven... The learning current amongst men I studied not; their schools I entered not... This is but a leaf which the winds of the Will of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All- Praised, have stirred." (Bwf 53) (100:7) "O My servants! There shineth nothing else in Mine heart except the unfading light of the Morn of Divine guidance, and out of My mouth proceedeth naught but the essence of truth, which the Lord your God hath revealed. Follow not, therefore, your earthly desires, and violate not the Covenant of God, nor break your pledge to Him." (Bwf 68) (100:8) "I can utter no word, O my God, unless I be permitted by Thee, and can move in no direction until I obtain Thy sanction. It is Thou. O my God, Who hast called me into being through the power of Thy might, and hast endued me with Thy grace to manifest Thy Cause." (pam 208) (100:9) "I have no will but Thy Will, O my Lord, and cherish no desire except Thy desire. From my pen floweth only the summons which Thine own exalted pen hath voiced, and my tongue uttereth naught save what the Most Great Spirit hath itself proclaimed in the kingdom of Thine eternity. I am stirred by nothing except the winds of Thy will, and breathe no word except the words which, by Thy leave and Thine inspiration, am led to pronounce." (Bwf 90)
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