This spirit is one of the divine bounties, a manifestation
of the Sun of Truth; but if the human spirit receives the breath of the Holy
Spirit, then it is a pure spirit. The breath of the Holy Spirit is the divine
teaching; in it the spirit finds eternal life. It is the heavenly light and
illumines the human world by the divine qualities. Hence we must endeavour to
act according to the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk at
Alliance Spiritualiste of Paris, 9 November 1911; Star of the West, vol. 2, no.
17, January 19, 1912)
