# | ABU1820 - `Abdu'l-Bahá - 160 words |
title | Words to a French poet, spoken on 1913-03-28 |
opening, English |
Man must spend his talent in a cause the result of which is eternal. If we spend our talent in the Cause of God its outcome will be everlasting, but if we waste it over worldly affairs, it is like drawing pictures over the surface of the water. |
translations | DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093b |
subjects (colored as in PDF) |
Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The ephemeral and the eternal; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world |
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