The Power of the Holy Spirit

It is only by the breath of the Holy Spirit that spiritual development can come about.  No matter how the material world may progress, no matter how splendidly it may adorn itself, it can never be anything but a lifeless body unless the soul is within, for it is the soul that animates the body; the body alone has no significance.
Deprived of the blessings of the Holy Spirit the material body would be inert.

In short it behoves us all to be lovers of truth.  Let us seek her in every season and in every country, being careful never to attach ourselves to personalities.  Let us see the Light wherever it shines, and may we be enabled to recognize the light of truth no matter where it may arise.  Let us inhale the perfume of the rose from the midst of thorns that surround it; let us drink the running water from every pure spring.

                                                                   Selected from the Talks by 'Abdu'l-Baha