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The emancipation of women,
the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is one of the most important,
though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equality
perpetrates an injustice against one half of the world’s population
and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the
family to the workplace, to political life, and ultimately to international
relations. There are no grounds, moral, practical, or biological, upon which
such denial can be justified. Only as women are welcomed into full partnership
in all fields of human endeavour will the moral and psychological climate
be created in which international peace can emerge.
(Letters
of The Universal House of Justice, 1985 Oct, The
Promise of World Peace, p. 3)
Bahá'í House of Worship (a.k.a. "the Lotus Temple"), New Delhi, India. 
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The spiritual realities that underpin human existence, the main theme of "Book One" of the Ruhi Institute's series of courses, was the topic of an address by Sohrab Youssefian, a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors.
"Just as there are laws, such as gravity which govern our physical life, so there are spiritual laws which impact on the life of our souls," Mr. Youssefian said.
"If we fail to access these forces, we remain like a bird that refuses to leave its nest and fly -- in other words, we do not realize the potentialities inherent within us."
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