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26No. 292 | May 2025(June 27, 1981)One becomes a true human being with one%u2019s spirit and one%u2019s insight. We share common things such as possessing ears, eyes, and legs, and therefore, these are not the things that differentiate human beings from animals. What really separates mankind from other natural creatures is mankind%u2019s heart and insight. If you possess insight, you are considered to be a human being. (July 5, 1979)One of the blessings of this Revolution has been the spiritual transformation observed in our society. I have repeatedly said that this spiritual transformation witnessed in Iran brought about by this Revolution with the will of God, the Most Exalted, the Most High, has been more valuable and more important than the victory we have achieved or the fact that we have curtailed the hands of the foreigners and criminals from this country. (July 5, 1979)With every step taken for acquiring knowledge, and for your explicit and implicit actions, you should seek to create a sense of piety, resistance (against satanic desires), and honesty. You will learn and acquire knowledge, and at the same time purify your %u2018soul%u2019 and bring it under your full control. (July 8, 1979)There are two sides and dimensions to mankind. The spiritual side and the material side. The material aspect is what exists in this world, and we observe it. The spiritual side is another aspect beyond this world. (June 24, 1979)All monotheistic schools of thought, particularly Islam, are seeking to train people in such a way that material gains do not act as obstacles to spirituality. They seek to bring material gains under the service of spirituality. While the religions pay heed to the material and the world, they attract people towards spirituality and liberate them from the darkness of being materialistic. (July 27, 1979)All the differences among human beings are rooted in the rebellion of the %u2018self%u2019. (June 2, 1981)If you are not purified, you will face rebellion of the %u2018self%u2019. So long as you are not purified, knowledge will be dangerous for you, and the most dangerous thing for you will be a high position. This may lead you to annihilation in this world as well as in the next world. (June 4, 1981)The teaching of the Book and Wisdom will be impossible unless purification comes first. You should purify your %u2018selves%u2019 from all contaminations. The worst one is the contamination of the %u2018self%u2019 with selfish and animal desires. (June 2, 1981)Our Revolution depends upon spirituality and God, and those who are in agreement with us are those who agree with the line of monotheism. We should not forget the spiritual side for which we made such a Revolution. We should not neglect that spiritual side, for despite all our incompetence in propaganda and publicity, still the people of the world understand our Revolution. And it is the line of spirituality that oppressors and power wielders are against. (October 15, 1981)All of the Prophets were appointed to train true human beings. They came to elevate this creature of nature from its natural level to super natural level and up to the highest heaven. The ultimate goal of all the prophets%u2019 efforts was the spiritual elevation of human beings. (June 28, 1979)All the efforts of the Prophets were aimed at turning man into a true human being; to turn a creature of nature into a divine human being in this very world. (July 7, 1979)In Islam, everything is a prelude to making true human beings. If this creature is left to itself, it will ruin and destroy the whole world. (August 31, 1980)The most dangerous trap for mankind is their selfishness and egoism. We have to free ourselves from this trap and then follow the right path in order to be able to both correct ourselves and our society. (September 11, 1980)Human beings should endeavor to lessen their egoism and selfishness, even if they are unable to put an end to it. This is, of course, a very difficult task, and it needs a great deal of hard work and selfpurification. But this is not impossible. (September 11, 1980)By their very nature, human beings have unlimited anger, unlimited animal passion, and unlimited selfishness, and nothing satisfies them unless they are correctly trained and educated. With this training, they will enter a path that God Almighty wants them to achieve, and that is absolute perfection. When they reach that perfection, they will find themselves in peace