Bahá (Splendour) 173 B.E.

Long Island, USA

“This sacred day when the sun illumines equally the whole earth is called the equinox and the equinox is the symbol of the divine messenger. The sun of truth rises on the horizon of divine mercy and sends forth its rays on all.”
-Abdu’l-Baha, Star of the West
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Haifa, Israel

“El corazón es un fideicomiso divino, purificadlo de la mácula del amor propio, adornarlo con la corona de la intención pura…”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, CSD
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Chicago, USA

“When the Sun of Reality returns to quicken the world of mankind a divine bounty descends from the heaven of generosity. The realm of thoughts and ideals is set in motion and blessed with new life. Minds are developed, hopes brighten, aspirations become spiritual, the virtues of the human world appear with freshened power of growth and the image and likeness of God become visible in man. It is the springtime of the inner world.”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity
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Cañada_de_Geuco, Canary Islands

“Glory not in love for your country, but in love for all mankind.”
-Baha’u’llah, (Lawh-i-Hikmat)
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Tasmania, Australia

“The Day Star of Truth that shineth in its meridian splendor beareth Us witness! They who are the people of God have no ambition except to revive the world, to ennoble its life, and regenerate its peoples. Truthfulness and good-will have, at all times, marked their relations with all men. Their outward conduct is but a reflection of their inward life, and their inward life a mirror of their outward conduct. No veil hideth or obscureth the verities on which their Faith is established. Before the eyes of all men these verities have been laid bare, and can be unmistakably recognized. Their very acts attest the truth of these words.”
-Baha’u’llah, Gleanings From the Writings of Baha’u’llah
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Saint Peter, USA

“In this day, to thank God for His bounties consisteth in possessing a radiant heart, and a soul open to the promptings of the spirit. This is the essence of thanksgiving.”
-Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha

“I yield Thee such thanks as can make every created thing to be a book that shall speak of Thee, and a scroll that shall unfold Thy praise.”
-Baha’u’llah, Prayers and Meditations
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Schwebach, Luxembourg

“O Thou the Compassionate God. Bestow upon me a heart which, like unto a glass, may be illumined with the light of Thy love, and confer upon me thoughts which may change this world into a rose garden through the outpourings of heavenly grace.”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i Prayers
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Dandenongs, Australia

“…make thou an effort, that haply in this dustheap of the mortal world thou mayest catch a fragrance from the everlasting garden, and live forever in the shadow of the peoples of this city. And when thou hast attained this highest station and come to this mightiest plane, then shalt thou gaze on the Beloved, and forget all else…”
-(The Valley of Poverty and Absolute Nothingness), Baha’u’llah, The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.