Paris Talks : Addresses Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris in 1911-1912

1. The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners
2. The Power and Value of True Thought Depend upon Its Manifestation in Action
3. God Is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing
4. The Need for Union between the Peoples of the East and West
5. God Comprehends All; He Cannot Be Comprehended
6. The Pitiful Causes of War, and the Duty of Everyone to Strive for Peace
7. The Sun of Truth
8. The Light of Truth Is Now Shining upon the East and the West
9. The Universal Love
10. The Imprisonment of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
11. God’s Greatest Gift to Man
12. The Clouds That Obscure the Sun of Truth
13. Religious Prejudices
14. The Benefits of God to Man
15. Beauty and Harmony in Diversity
16. The True Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Christ
17. The Holy Spirit, the Intermediary Power between God and Man
18. The Two Natures in Man
19. Material and Spiritual Progress
20. The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul
21. The Spiritual Meetings in Paris
22. The Two Kinds of Light
23. Spiritual Aspiration in the West
24. Lecture Given at a Studio in Paris
25. Bahá’u’lláh
26. Good Ideas Must Be Carried into Action
27. The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire
28. Discourse at “l’Alliance Spiritualiste”
29. The Evolution of the Spirit
30. The Desires and Prayers of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
31. Concerning Body, Soul and Spirit
32. The Bahá’ís Must Work with Heart and Soul to Bring About a Better Condition in the World
33. On Calumny
34. There Can Be No True Happiness and Progress without Spirituality
35. Pain and Sorrow
36. The Perfect Human Sentiments and Virtues
37. The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races
38. We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers
39. Words Spoken by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in Pastor Wagner’s Church (Foyer de l’Ame) in Paris

Part Two
Eleven Principles
40. Theosophical Society, Paris
41. The First Principle—Search after Truth
42. The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind
43. The Third Principle—Love and Affection
44. The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science
45. The Fifth Principle—The Abolition of Prejudices
46. The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence
47. The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men
48. The Eighth Principle—Universal Peace
49. The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics
50. The Tenth Principle—Equality of Sex
51. The Eleventh Principle—The Power of the Holy Spirit
52. This Great and Glorious Cause
53. The Last Meeting
Part Three
54. Address by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá at the Friends’ Meeting House, St. Martin’s Lane, London, W.C.
55. Prayer
56. Evil
57. The Progress of the Soul
58. The Four Kinds of Love
59. Tablet Revealed by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá

Talks given by `Abdu'l-Bahá during his sojourn in Paris from October to December 1911. As with other talks by the Master, the topics covered are diverse.