Conwy Mountain, Wales
“O SON OF MAN! Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space and traverse the expanse of heaven, yet thou wouldst find no rest save in submission to Our command and humbleness before Our Face.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words
Lisle, IL, USA
“Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds and not through the tongue; for the latter hath no importance, as the majority of men are, in speech, well-wishers, while action is the best.”
-‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
Gloucester, MA, USA
“Speech is the greatest evidence of the worth of the speaker and guideth unto the recognition of the source of guidance, for no more complete and enduring proof hath been or will be vouchsafed unto man from the empyrean of everlasting glory than words and utterance.”
-Bahá’ulláh, The Call of the Divine Beloved
Mt Taranaki, New Zealand
“The most glorious fruit of the tree of knowledge is this exalted word: Of one tree are all ye the fruit, and of one bough the leaves. Let not man glory in this that he loveth his country, let him rather glory in this that he loveth his kind.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
Huntsville, AL, USA
“O my friends! This is the Call of the Covenant. This is the Dispensation of the Well-Beloved of all mankind. This is the gift that the Day-Star of the world hath graciously given. This is the revelation of His incorruptible grace, the manifestation of His perpetual assistance, the evidence of the power that is born of God and the potency of the bestowals proffered by the All-Merciful. What else do ye want? What else do ye expect? Which path do ye tread? Be quick, be quick, O companions! Make haste, make haste, O ye loved ones! And upon you be His glory!”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha
Huia Domain, New Zealand
“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.”
–Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Haifa, Israel
“Aquellos que me siguen deben luchar en todas circunstancias para promover el bienestar de quienquiera se levante para el triunfo de mi Causa y deben demostrar en todo momento su devoción y fidelidad hacia él.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, PEB
Morriston, Ontario, Canada
“O Companion of My Throne! Hear no evil, and see no evil, abase not thyself, neither sigh and weep. Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great; and wish not the abasement of anyone, that thine own abasement be not exposed. Live then the days of thy life, that are less than a fleeting moment, with thy mind stainless, thy heart unsullied, thy thoughts pure, and thy nature sanctified, so that, free and content, thou mayest put away this mortal frame, and repair unto the mystic paradise and abide in the eternal kingdom for evermore.”
–Baha’u’llah, The Hidden Words