Even in Thinking Be Moderate
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When in Bahá'í history
Haifa (today: Haifa, Israel)
When Anna and Jakob Kunz were on pilgrimage in 1921, the Master said to them, “Everything must be done moderately. Excess is not desirable. Do not go to extremes. Even in thinking do not go to excess but be moderate.”
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 114.
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