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Quotations
  1. All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CIX)
  2. “… Organic unity of the inner and outer realities of human life… is necessary to the construction of a mature society in this new Age.”(The Universal House of Justice, 1988 Dec 29, Individual Rights and Freedoms, p. 5)
  3. Regard the world as the human body. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CXX, Tablet to Queen Victoria)
  4. God hath enjoined upon you to observe the utmost cleanliness. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  5. Be ye the very essence of cleanliness amongst mankind. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  6. By faith is meant, first, conscious knowledge, and second, the practice of good deeds. (Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Faith)
  7. IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO IS THE SUPREME RULER OVER ALL THAT HATH BEEN AND ALL THAT IS TO BE. The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws, Who representeth the Godhead in both the Kingdom of His Cause and the world of creation. Whoso achieveth this duty hath attained unto all good; and whoso is deprived thereof hath gone astray, though he be the author of every righteous deed. It behoveth everyone who reacheth this most sublime station, this summit of transcendent glory, to observe every ordinance of Him Who is the Desire of the world. These twin duties are inseparable. Neither is acceptable without the other. Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who is the Source of Divine inspiration. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  8. Consider the past. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XII, Kitáb-i-Iqan)
  9. The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CXXXI)
  10. The light of men is Justice. Quench it not with the contrary winds of oppression and tyranny. The purpose of justice is the appearance of unity among men. (Bahá'u'lláh, Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih)
  11. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens. (Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsud)
  12. Let your vision be world-embracing, rather than confined to your own self. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XLIII)
  13. True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self. (Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Words ofWisdom)
  14. The endowments, which distinguish human race from all other forms of life are summed up in what is known as the human spirit; the mind is its essential quality. (Universal House of Justice, the Promise of World Peace)
  15. Indeed the actions of man himself breed a profusion of satanic power. For were men to abide by and observe the divine teachings, every trace of evil would be banished from the face of the earth. (Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsud)
  16. That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. (Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsud)
  17. Were man to appreciate the greatness of his station and the loftiness of his destiny he would manifest naught save goodly character, pure deeds, and a seemly and praiseworthy conduct. (Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsud)
  18. The world of humanity has two wings ­one is women and the other men. Not until both wings are equally developed can the bird fly. (Selections from the Writings, `Abdu'l-Bahá)
  19. Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a proper education hath, however, deprived him of that which he doth inherently possess. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CXXII)
  20. Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CXXII)
  21. O SON OF MAN! Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient eternity of My essence, I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty. (Bahá'u'lláh, Arabic Hidden Words, No 3)
  22. O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION! I have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit, that thou mayest be My lover. Why hast thou forsaken Me and sought a beloved other than Me(Bahá'u'lláh, Arabic Hidden Words, No 19)
  23. Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CXXX)
  24. Every child is potentially the light of the world - and at the same time its darkness; wherefore must the question of education be accounted as of primary importance. (Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá, No 103)
  25. Spiritual consciousness is the generating force of human society. (Abdu'l-Bahá)
  26. He hath known God who hath known himself. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XC)
  27. I am the Sun of Wisdom and the Ocean of Knowledge. I cheer the faint and revive the dead. I am the guiding Light that illumineth the way. I am the royal Falcon on the arm of the Almighty. I unfold the drooping wings of every broken bird and start it on its flight. (Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Maqsud)
  28. The world beyond is as different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, LXXXI)
  29. The light which these souls* radiate is responsible for the progress of the world and the advancement of its peoples. They are like unto leaven which leaveneth the world of being, and constitute the animating force through which the arts and wonders of the world are made manifest. (* The souls of the detached and steadfast believers) (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, LXXXI)
  30. All things must needs have a cause, a motive power, an animating principle. These souls* and symbols of detachment have provided, and will continue to provide, the supreme moving impulse in the world of being. (* The souls of the detached and steadfast believers) (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, LXXXI)
  31. The soul that hath remained faithful to the Cause of God, and stood unwaveringly firm in His Path shall, after his ascension, be possessed of such power that all the worlds which the Almighty hath created can benefit through him. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, LXXXII)
  32. Divine Revelation is, He [Baha’u’llah] says, the motive power of civilization”.(Baha'i International Community, 1992 May 29, Statement on Baha'u'llah, p. 13)
  33. All the prophets of God "... the educators of humanity's collective infancy and childhood as agents of one civilizing process." (Universal House of Justice)
  34. Verily, We behold all created things moved to bear witness unto Us. Some know Us and bear witness, while the majority bear witness, yet know Us not. (Bahá'u'lláh, Law-i-Aqdas, Tablet to the Christians)
  35. Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping. By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now manifest before thee. The deepest wisdom which the sages have uttered, the profoundest learning which any mind hath unfolded, the arts which the ablest hands have produced, the influence exerted by the most potent of rulers, are but manifestations of the quickening power released by His transcendent, His all-pervasive, and resplendent Spirit. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XXXVI)
  36. And yet, is not the object of every Revelation to effect a transformation in the whole character of mankind, a transformation that shall manifest itself both outwardly and inwardly, that shall affect both its inner life and external conditionsFor if the character of mankind be not changed, the futility of God's universal Manifestations would be apparent. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Iqan)
  37. A new life is, in this age, stirring within all the peoples of the earth; and yet none hath discovered its cause or perceived its motive. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XCVI)
  38. There can be no doubt whatever that the peoples of the world, of whatever race or religion, derive their inspiration from one heavenly Source, and are the subjects of one God. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings CXI)
  39. O BEFRIENDED STRANGER! The candle of thine heart is lighted by the hand of My power, quench it not with the contrary winds of self and passion. The healer of all thine ills is remembrance of Me, forget it not. Make My love thy treasure and cherish it even as thy very sight and life. (Bahá'u'lláh, Persian Hidden Words, No 32)
  40. Religion is the greatest of all means for the establishment of order in the world and for the peaceful contentment of all that dwell therein. (Bahá'u'lláh, quoted in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh)
  41. Should the lamp of religion be obscured, chaos and confusion will ensue, and the lights of fairness, of justice, of tranquillity and peace cease to shine. (Bahá'u'lláh, Ishraqat)
  42. This is the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future. (The Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  43. When I contemplate, O my God, the relationship that bindeth me to Thee, I am moved to proclaim to all created things "verily I am God"; and when I consider my own self, lo, I find it coarser than clay! (Bahá'u'lláh quoted in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh)
  44. Whoso maketh the slightest possible difference between their [= the Manifestations of God] persons, their words, their messages, their acts and manners, hath indeed disbelieved in God, hath repudiated His signs, and betrayed the Cause of His Messengers. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings XXIV)
  45. They (the Manifestations of God) only differ in the intensity of their revelation, and the comparative potency of their light. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings XIX)
  46. If thou wilt observe with discriminating eyes, thou wilt behold them all abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the same speech, and proclaiming the same Faith. ­ (reference to the prophets of God). (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Iqán)
  47. Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench. The Hand of Divine power can, alone, deliver mankind from this desolating affliction.. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CXXXII)
  48. He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful, cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CVII)
  49. It is evident that every age in which a Manifestation of God hath lived is divinely ordained, and may, in a sense, be characterized as God's appointed Day. This Day, however, is unique, and is to be distinguished from those that have preceded it. The designation "Seal of the Prophets" fully revealeth its high station. The Prophetic Cycle hath, verily, ended. The Eternal Truth is now come. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XXV)
  50. The potentialities inherent in the station of man, the full measure of his destiny on earth, the innate excellence of his reality, must all be manifested in this promised Day of God. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CLXII)
  51. In this most mighty Revelation all the Dispensations of the past have attained their highest and final consummation. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CXV)
  52. References made by the Prophets to Paradise, to hell fire, to future reward and punishment, have been actuated by a desire to educate and uplift the souls of men. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, LXXXI)
  53. Nature in its essence is the embodiment of My Name, the Maker, the Creator. Its manifestations are diversified by varying causes, and in this diversity there are signs for men of discernment. Nature is God's Will and is its expression in and through the contingent world. (Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Hikmat)
  54. Think not that We have revealed unto you a mere code of laws. Nay, rather, We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  55. Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  56. They say: `Where is Paradise, and where is Hell?' Say: `The one is reunion with Me; the other thine own self... (Bahá'u'lláh, Ishraqat)
  57. There is no paradise, in the estimation of the believers in the Divine Unity, more exalted than to obey God's commandments, and there is no fire in the eyes of those who have known God and His signs, fiercer than to transgress His laws and to oppress another soul, even to the extent of a mustard seed. (The Báb, Selections from the Writings)
  58. Voluntary sharing [= altruism] is greater than equality, (Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá, page 302)
  59. The world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind's ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System - the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  60. Soon will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings IV)
  61. The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief. Such shall be its plight, that to disclose it now would not be meet and seemly. Its perversity will long continue. And when the appointed hour is come, there shall suddenly appear that which shall cause the limbs of mankind to quake. Then, and only then, will the Divine Standard be unfurled, and the Nightingale of Paradise warble its melody. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, LXI)
  62. It is towards this goal - the goal of a new World Order, Divine in origin, all-embracing in scope, equitable in principle, challenging in its features - that a harassed humanity must strive. (Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Bahá'u'lláh)
  63. The greatest form of healing which the Bahá'ís can practice is to heal the spiritually sick souls of men by giving this greatest of all Messages to them. (Health, Healing, Shoghi Effendi, 48)
  64. That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith. This can in no wise be achieved except through the power of a skilled, an all-powerful and inspired Physician. This, verily, is the truth, and all else naught but error. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings CXX, from the Tablet to Queen Victoria)
  65. O ye that dwell on earth! The distinguishing feature that marketh the preeminent character of this Supreme Revelation consisteth in that We have, on the one hand, blotted out from the pages of God's holy Book whatsoever hath been the cause of strife, of malice and mischief amongst the children of men, and have, on the other, laid down the essential prerequisites of concord, of understanding, of complete and enduring unity. Well is it with them that keep My statutes. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XLIII)
  66. "This," He furthermore declares, "is the king of days," the "Day of God Himself," the "Day which shall never be followed by night," the "Springtime which autumn will never overtake"... (Bahá'u'lláh quoted in God Passes By regarding the greatness of this Day and the power of His Covenant)
  67. God will verily inspire them* with whatsoever He willeth, and He, verily, is the Provider, the Omniscient. (* The Trustees of the Universal House of Justice while in counsel together) (Bahá'u'lláh, Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih)
  68. And now, concerning the House of Justice which God hath ordained as the source of all good and freed from all error... (Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá)
  69. The Universal House of Justice, which the Guardian said would be regarded by posterity as "the last refuge of a tottering civilization"... (quoted in Wellsprings of Guidance)
  70. If carried to excess, civilization will prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the restraints of moderation. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, CLXIV)
  71. None must contend with those who wield authority over the people; leave unto them that which is theirs, and direct your attention to men's hearts. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, parag. 95)
  72. The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner within this most mighty Stronghold that the whole world may attain unto true liberty. (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings, XLV)
  73. Say: True liberty consisteth in man's submission unto My commandments, little as ye know it. Were men to observe that which We have sent down unto them from the Heaven of Revelation, they would, of a certainty, attain unto perfect liberty. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  74. The liberty that profiteth you is to be found nowhere except in complete servitude unto God, the Eternal Truth. Whoso hath tasted of its sweetness will refuse to barter it for all the dominion of earth and heaven. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
  75. His Revelation is, indeed, an invitation to freedom - freedom from want, freedom from war, freedom to unite, freedom to progress, freedom in peace and joy. (Individual Rights and Freedom, Universal House of Justice)
  76. “ The shining spark of truth cometh forth only after the clash of differing opinions.” (Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings, no 44)
  77. “The tumult of this age of transition is characteristic of the impetuosity and irrational instincts of youth, its follies, its prodigality, its pride, its self-assurance, its rebelliousness, and contempt of discipline.” (Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day is come)
  78. “True peace and tranquillity will only be realised when every soul will have become the well-wisher of all mankind.” (Baha’u’llah, Tabernacle of Unity)
  79. "We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say that once one of these is reformed everything will be improved. Man is organic with
    the world. His inner life moulds the environment and is itself also deeply affected by it. The one acts upon the other and every abiding change in the life of man is the result of these mutual reactions". (Shoghi Effendi, through his Secretary, from a letter dated 17 February 1933 to an individual believer. Baha'i International Community, 1998 Feb 18, Valuing Spirituality in Development)
  80. "Divine civilization (which will be one of the benefits to derive from the House of Justice) so traineth every member of society that no one, with the exception of a negligible few, will undertake to commit a crime." (Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 132)