18 October 1911
Paris, France
You must not only think thoughts, but do actions. The reality of men is their thoughts and
their spirits, not their material bodies.
Man and animal with regard to matter are partners. The difference is
that man has the power of thought.
Thoughts may be divided into two classes:
1. The world of
thought alone.
2. The world of
thought which expresses itself in action.
For instance, philosophers belong to the first class, for
they only think heavenly thoughts and do not do heavenly deeds. Whereas
spiritual teachers belong to the second class, for they express their high and
noble thoughts in actions as soon as they think them.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of 'Abdu'l-Baha, from a talk; 'Star of the West’,
vol.2, no. 16, December 31, 1911)
