Adelaide, Australia
“Lauded and glorified art Thou, Lord, God Omnipotent! Thou before Whose wisdom the wise falleth short and faileth, before Whose knowledge the learned confesseth his ignorance, before Whose might the strong waxeth weak, before Whose wealth the rich testifieth to his poverty, before Whose light the enlightened is lost in darkness, toward the shrine of Whose knowledge turneth the essence of all understanding and around the sanctuary of Whose presence circle the souls of all mankind.” -Bahá’u’lláh, Bahá’í Prayers
Haifa, Israel
“¡La alabanza sea para Ti, oh Señor mi Dios! Te suplico, por tus signos que han abarcado la creación entera, y por la luz de tu semblante que ha iluminado a todos los que están en el cielo y en la tierra, y por tu misericordia que ha sobrepasado a todas las cosas creadas, y por tu gracia que ha cubierto todo el universo, que desgarres los velos que me separan de Ti, para que me dirija presuroso al Manantial de tu potente inspiración y al Amanecer de tu Revelación y tus generosos favores, y pueda ser sumergido en lo más profundo del océano de tu proximidad y tu complacencia.” -Baha’u’llah, Oraciones y Meditaciones
Kokee Park, Kauai, Hawaii
“The aim of this Wronged One in sustaining woes and tribulations, in revealing the Holy Verses and in demonstrating proofs hath been naught but to quench the flame of hate and enmity, that the horizon of the hearts of men may be illumined with the light of concord and attain real peace and tranquility.” -Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Brisbane, Australia
“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.” -Albert Einstein
“Reading Einstein/ while thinking on this twisting tree / I think how devotion can become liberty” -June Perkins, short poem
Haifa, Israel
“… knowledge is light, life, felicity, perfection, and beauty, and causes the soul to draw nigh to the divine threshold.” -Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions
Biskek, Kyrgyzstan
“This is the divinely-inscribed Book. This is the outspread Tablet. Say, this indeed is the Frequented Fane, the sweet-scented Leaf, the Tree of divine Revelation, the surging Ocean, the Utterance which lay concealed, the Light above every light… Indeed every light is generated by God through the power of His behest. He of a truth is the Light in the kingdom of heaven and earth and whatever is between them. Through the radiance of His light God imparteth illumination to your hearts and maketh firm your steps, that perchance ye may yield praise unto Him.” -The Báb Selections From the Writings of the Báb
Wilmette, USA
“O people of the world! Build ye houses of worship throughout the lands in the name of Him Who is the Lord of all religions. Make them as perfect as is possible in the world of being, and adorn them with that which befitteth them, not with images and effigies. Then, with radiance and joy, celebrate therein the praise of your Lord, the Most Compassionate. Verily, by His remembrance the eye is cheered and the heart is filled with light.” -Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas