Naperville, USA
“I pray Thee, O my Lord, by Thy hidden, Thy treasured Name, that calleth aloud in the kingdom of creation, and summoneth all peoples to the Tree beyond which there is no passing, the seat of transcendent glory, to rain down upon us, and upon Thy servants, the overflowing rain of Thy mercy, that it may cleanse us from the remembrance of all else but Thee, and draw us nigh unto the shores of the ocean of Thy grace.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Boondall Wetlands, Australia
“To every discerning and illumined heart it is evident that God, the unknowable Essence, the divine Being, is immensely exalted beyond every human attribute…Far be it from His glory that human tongue should adequately recount His praise, or that human heart comprehend His fathomless mystery.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán
Ladysmith, Canada
“The Tabernacle of Unity,” Bahá’u’lláh proclaims in His message to all mankind, “has been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers.… Of one tree are all ye the fruit and of one bough the leaves.… The world is but one country and mankind its citizens.… Let not a man glory in that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind.”
-Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Baha’u’llah
Rockport, USA
“And if he feareth not God, God will make him to fear all things; whereas all things fear him who feareth God.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, The Four Valleys
Mount Crawford, Australia
“Abasement hath reached its lowest depth: Where are the emblems of Thy glory, O Glory of the worlds?”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Fire Tablet
“Behold a beautiful garden full of flowers, shrubs, and trees. Each flower has a different charm, a peculiar beauty, its own delicious perfume and beautiful color. The trees too, how varied are they in size, in growth, in foliage—and what different fruits they bear! Yet all these flowers, shrubs and trees spring from the self-same earth, the same sun shines upon them and the same clouds give them rain. So it is with humanity. It is made up of many races, and its peoples are of different color, white, black, yellow, brown and red—but they all come from the same God, and all are servants to Him.”
-‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Paris Talks