Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.
Interpretation
We are all interconnected and part of a larger whole, sharing one humanity.
This quote by Baha'U'Llah emphasizes the idea of shared humanity and unity among all people. It suggests that despite our individual differences, we are all part of the same tree, representing our interconnectedness and the importance of nurturing a sense of community and support for one another.
In practice
In a speech about community service, to emphasize the need for collaboration.
We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened... what harm is there in this?... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.
They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.
In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.
It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.
In high seas or in low seas, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend. In high tide or in low tide, I'll be by your side... I'll be by your side.
Friends: not one. Just a few acquaintances who imagine they feel something for me and who might be sorry if a train ran over me and the funeral was on a rainy day.
If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.
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