To be a Baha’i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.
Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder, is the people’s lack of religious faith and the fact that they are uneducated.
The home of Religion is the heart.
Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds...
Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind.
Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words-these alone are without effect.
My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving.
The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.
An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration. He who is educated by the Divine Spirit can, in his time, lead others to receive the same Spirit.
Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station.
When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere.
The mere size of the brain has been proved to be no measure of superiority. The woman has greater moral courage than the man; she has also special gifts which enable her to govern in moments of danger and crisis. If necessary she can become a warrior.
Man is under all conditons immersed in a sea of God’s blessings. Therefore, be thou not hopeless under any circumstances, but rather be firm in thy hope.
If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it...
If love and agreement are manifest in a single family, that family will advance, become illumined and spiritual.
Strive with all your hearts, raise up your voices and shout, until this dark world be filled with light.
Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire.
There is no contradiction between true religion and science.
Man is not man simply because of bodily attributes. The standard of divine measure and judgment is his intelligence and spirit.
Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and attained, the highest social development of mankind is not possible.
Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.