Sydney, Australia
“I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.”
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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Wilmette, USA
“Hasten to love, to love, O peoples of the world!
Hasten to harmony, to harmony, O creatures of the universe!
Hasten to peace, to peace, O mankind!
Hasten to safety, to safety, O concourse of the Divine!
Hasten to concord, to concord, O hosts of the Merciful!
Hasten to oneness, to oneness, O people of El-Baha, among the people!”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
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London, UK
“silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
―Rumi
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Mazra’ih, Israel
“I swear by the Daystar of God’s Testimony that hath shone from the horizon of certitude! This Wronged One, in the daytime and in the night-season, occupied Himself with that which would edify the souls of men, until the light of knowledge prevailed over the darkness of ignorance.”
-Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
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Brisbane, Australia
“O people of Baha! The source of crafts, sciences and arts is the power of reflection.”
-Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah
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Austin, USA
“Only when the lamp of search, of earnest striving, of longing desire, of passionate devotion, of fervid love, of rapture, and ecstasy, is kindled within the seeker’s heart, and the breeze of His loving-kindness is wafted upon his soul, will the darkness of error be dispelled, the mists of doubts and misgivings be dissipated, and the lights of knowledge and certitude envelop his being.”
-Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan
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Victoria, Canada
Pathways
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New England, USA
“The field is indeed so immense, the period so critical, the Cause so great, the workers so few, the time so short, the privilege so priceless, that no follower of the Faith of Baha’u’llah, worthy to bear His name, can afford a moment’s hesitation.”
-Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice
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Gatineau, Canada
“O Salmán! The door of the knowledge of the Ancient Being hath ever been, and will continue for ever to be, closed in the face of men. No man’s understanding shall ever gain access unto His holy court.”
-Gleanings From the Writings of Baha’u’llah
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