Bahá'u'lláh Quotes
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It behoveth the sovereigns of the world may God assist them or the ministers of the earth to take counsel together and to adopt one of the existing languages or a new one to be taught to children in schools throughout the world, and likewise one script. Thus the whole earth will come to be regarded as one country.
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The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.
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Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.
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I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
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Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.
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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.
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Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!
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Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.
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Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.
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Thus hath it been sent down from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Lord of Revelation.
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So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
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Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration.
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Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.
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Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.
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Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.
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In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.
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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 there from.
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Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!
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The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.
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O SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life.
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Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.
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Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
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Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that from your inmost being, by your deeds and actions, the signs of oneness and the essence of detachment may be made manifest. Such is My counsel to you, O concourse of light!
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Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.
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It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornamant of equity and justice.
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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light. If, however, he be allowed to remain in his original condition, the corrosion of lusts and appetites will effectively destroy him.
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The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.
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O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.
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Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.
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