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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.”
― Baha'u'llah

“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.”
― Baha'u'llah

“That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”
― Baha'u'llah; Abdul-Baha; Shogi Effendi

“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens”
― Baha'u'llah

“A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.”
― Abdul-Baha

“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.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.”
― Baha'u'llah

“The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Dost thou reckon thyself only a puny form/When within thee the universe is folded?Baha'u'llah”
― Baha'u'llah

“Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“They who dwell within the Tabernacle of God, and are established upon the seats of everlasting glory, will refuse, though they be dying of hunger, to stretch their hands, and seize unlawfully the property of their neighbour, however vile and worthless he may be. The purpose of the one true God in manifesting Himself is to summon all mankind to truthfulness and sincerity, to piety and trustworthiness, to resignation and submissiveness to the will of God, to forbearance and kindliness, to uprightness and wisdom. His object is to array every man with the mantle of a saintly character, and to adorn him with the ornament of holy and goodly deeds....”
― Baha'u'llah

“Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay of My command I made thee to appear, and have ordained for thy training every atom of existence and the essence of all created things.”
― Baha'u'llah, The Hidden Words Of Bahá'u'lláh

“Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences, however, should be acquired as can profit the peoples of the earth, and not those which begin with words and end with words.”
― Baha'u'llah

“The earth is but one country and Mankind its citizens.”
― Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah

“‎Be thou as a throbbing artery, pulsating in the body of the entire creation, that through the heat generated by this motion there may appear that which will quicken the hearts of those who hesitate.”
― Baha'u'llah

“...Thou art My light and My light shall never be extinguished; why dost thou dread extinction? Thou art My glory and My glory shall fadeth not; thou art My robe and My robe shall never be outworn.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and degradation. ”
― Baha'u'llah

“All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization. The Almighty beareth Me witness: To act like the beasts of the field is unworthy of man. Those virtues that befit his dignity are forbearance, mercy, compassion and loving-kindness towards all the peoples and kindreds of the earth.”
― Baha'u'llah

“A might force, a consummate power lieth concealed in the world of being. Fix your gaze upon it and upon its unifying influences, and not upon the differences which appear from it.”
― Baha'u'llah

“The source of all glory is acceptance of whatsoever the Lord hath bestowed, and contentment with that which God hath ordained.”
― Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

“To be a Bahá’í simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.”
― J. Esslemont, Baha'u'llah and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahai Faith

“a Bahá’í needs to be a fearless seeker after truth, but he should not confine his search to the material plane. His spiritual perceptive powers should be awake as well as his physical. He should use all the faculties God has given him for the acquisition of truth, believing nothing without valid and sufficient reason.”
― J. Esslemont, Baha'u'llah and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahai Faith

“The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.”
― Abdul-Baha

“Be not the slave of your moods, but their master. But if you are so angry, so depressed and so sore that your spirit cannot find deliverance and peace even in prayer, then quickly go and give some pleasure to someone lowly or sorrowful, or to a guilty or innocent sufferer! Sacrifice yourself, your talent, your time, your rest to another, to one who has to bear a heavier load than you -- and your unhappy mood will dissolve into a blessed, contented submission to God.”
― Abdul'-Baha

“By nothing,under no conditions, be ye perturbed.”
― Abdul-Baha

“My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving.”
― Abdul-Baha

“‎"The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life." (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, February 18, 1954)”
― Shoghi Effendi