moderation
6 stories on this theme.
Simple Life
‘Abdu’l-Bahá says:— Economy is the foundation of human prosperity.
Too Much Austerity Is Not Good
Travelling east across America, 'Abdu'l-Bahá refused sleeping-car berths so as not to depend on bodily comfort. The next night He had six berths reserved, saying too much austerity was not good, and insisted that all share equally.
Speak and Write with Moderation
George Latimer recorded 'Abdu'l-Bahá's counsel to be moderate in speech and writing and to consider the taste of the public, as the Lord bade Moses and Aaron speak to Pharaoh in moderate, sweet language.
The Meaning of the Fast
J. E. Esslemont describes the nineteen-day Fast of the month of 'Alá', whose reality he calls severance from all save God, and quotes 'Abdu'l-Bahá's words that fasting is a symbol and that moderation is necessary.
The Master's Sparse Diet
'Abdu'l-Bahá kept little clothing and ate little food: tea, goat's milk cheese and wheat bread to begin the day, while at the evening meal a cup of milk and a piece of bread might suffice.
Even in Thinking Be Moderate
On pilgrimage in 1921, Anna and Jakob Kunz heard ‘Abdu’l-Bahá counsel moderation in everything, even in thinking.