30-10-2009

O ye friends of God! Exert ye with heart and soul, so that association, love, unity and agreement be obtained between the hearts, all the aims may be merged into one aim, all the songs become one song and the power of the Holy Spirit may become so overwhelmingly victorious as to overcome all the forces of the world of nature.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of the Divine Plan, p. 79)

29-10-2009

Verily God hath inspired Thee with divine verses and wisdom while still a child and hath graciously deigned to bestow His favour upon the peoples of the world through the influence of Thy Most Great Name, for indeed men have not the least knowledge of the Book.

(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 63)

27-10-2009

God leaves not His children comfortless, but, when the darkness of winter overshadows them, then again He sends His Messengers, the Prophets, with a renewal of the blessed spring.

(‘Abdu’l-Bahá)

26-10-2009

True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self.

(Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah)

23-10-2009

O SON OF MAN!

Write all that We have revealed unto thee with the ink of light upon the tablet of thy spirit. Should this not be in thy power, then make thine ink of the essence of thy heart. If this thou canst not do, then write with that crimson ink that hath been shed in My path. Sweeter indeed is this to Me than all else, that its light may endure for ever.

(Bahá’u’lláh, Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh)

22-10-2009

The purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, hath been to bring forth the Mystic Gems out of the mine of man.

Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

21-10-2009

Be thou a summoner to love,
and be thou kind to all the human race.
Love thou the children of men and share in their sorrows.
Be thou of those who foster peace.
Offer thy friendship, be worthy of trust.
Be thou a balm to every sore, be thou a medicine for every ill.
Bind thou the souls together.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 26)

20-10-2009

"May joy be increased to you as the years go by, and may you become thriving trees bearing delicious and fragrant fruits which are the blessings in the path of service."

(Abdu'l-Baha, Abdu'l-Baha in London, p. 78)

19-10-2009

O CHILDREN OF MEN!
Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. 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! Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory.

(Baha'u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words)

18-10-2009

When this human body-politic reaches a state of absolute unity, the effulgence of the eternal Sun will make its fullest light and heat manifest. Therefore we must not make distinctions between individual members of the human family. We must not consider any soul as barren or deprived.

Our duty lies in educating souls so that the Sun of the bestowals of God shall become resplendent in them, and this is possible through the power of the oneness of humanity.

The more love is expressed among mankind and the stronger the power of unity, the greater will be this reflection and revelation, for the greatest bestowal of God is love. Love is the source of all the bestowals of God.

Until love takes possession of the heart no other divine bounty can be revealed in it.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 218)

16-10-2009

Just as the phenomenal sun shines upon the material world producing life and growth, likewise the spiritual or prophetic Sun confers illumination upon the human world of thought and intelligence, and unless it rose upon the horizon of human existence the kingdom of man would become dark and extinguished

(Abdul-Baha, Baha'i World Faith, p. 254)

15-10-2009

Immerse yourselves in the ocean of My words, that ye may unravel its secrets, and discover all the pearls of wisdom that lie hid in its depths.

(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 136)