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Simple Life
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Simple Life
 
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`Abdu'l-Bahá says: --

 
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Economy is the foundation of human prosperity. The spendthrift is always in trouble. Prodigality on the part of any person is an unpardonable sin. We must never live on others like a parasitic plant. Every person must have a profession, whether it be literary or manual, and must live a clean, manly, honest life, an example of purity to be imitated by others. It is more kingly to be satisfied with a crust of stale bread than to enjoy a sumptuous dinner of many courses, the money for which comes out of the pockets of others. The mind of a contented person is always peaceful and his heart at rest. -- Bahá'í Scriptures, p. 453.
 
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Animal food is not forbidden, but `Abdu'l-Bahá says: -- "Fruits and grains [will be the foods of the future]. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten. Medical science is only in its infancy, yet it has shown that our natural diet is that which grows out of the ground." -- Ten Days in the Light of Akká, by Julie M. Grundy.