B e ye ever mindful to serve any soul of mankind. Attach no importance to self-seeking . . . Love is light in whatsoever house it may shine and enmity is darkness in whatsoever abode it dwell. -‘Abdu’l-Baha quote 7532 | Bahá’u’lláh excerpted from Selected Writings of Baha’u’llah and ‘Abdu’l-Baha, US Baha’i Publishing Trust, 1976 edition, pp.217
T he children of men are all brothers . . . one should wish for one’s brother that which one wisheth for oneself. quote 7531 | Bahá’u’lláh The Tabernacle of Unity 2:39
T rue peace and tranquility will only be realized when every soul will have become the well-wisher of all mankind. quote 7530 | Bahá’u’lláh The Tabernacle of Unity 1:9
H e Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful, cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body. quote 7529 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh sec. CVII
Y ou are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean. quote 7528 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas, chap. 8: Ishraqat (Splendors)
G od’s purpose in sending His Prophets unto men is twofold. The first is to liberate the children of men from the darkness of ignorance, and guide them to the light of true understanding. The second is to ensure the peace and tranquility of mankind, and provide all the means by which they can be established. quote 7527 | The Writings of Bahá’u’lláh sec. XXXIV
T he first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws, Who representeth the Godhead in both the Kingdom of His Cause and the world of creation. Whoso achieveth this duty hath attained unto all good; and whoso is deprived thereof hath gone astray, though he be the author of every righteous deed. quote 6745 | The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
N o protector is there but Thee, no place to flee to except Thee, no refuge to seek save Thee. quote 4939 | Bahá’u’lláh
O pen Thou, O my Lord, mine eyes and the eyes of all them that have sought Thee, that we may recognise Thee with Thine own eyes. quote 4938 | Bahá’u’lláh
W ere all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth to unite and seek to hinder me from remembering Thee and from celebrating Thy praise, they would assuredly have no power over me, and would fail in their purpose. quote 4936 | Bahá’u’lláh
I testify at this moment to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. quote 4934 | Bahá’u’lláh
I bear witness O my God, that Thou hast created me to know thee and to worship thee. quote 4933 | Bahá’u’lláh
P rotect us we beseech thee, O my Lord, from the hosts of idle fancies and vain imaginations. quote 4932 | Bahá’u’lláh
S ay, O followers of the Son! [Jesus] Have ye shut out yourselves from Me by reason of My Name? Wherefore ponder ye not in your hearts? Day and night ye have been calling upon your Lord, the Omnipotent, but when He came from the heaven of eternity in His great glory, ye turned aside from Him and remained sunk in heedlessness. quote 4931 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
I t behoveth the sovereigns of the world -- may God assist them -- or the ministers of the earth to take counsel together and to adopt one of the existing languages or a new one to be taught to children in schools throughout the world, and likewise one script. quote 4930 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
W e have formerly ordained that people should converse in two languages, yet efforts must be made to reduce them to one, likewise the scripts of the world, that men’s lives may not be dissipated and wasted in learning diverse languages. Thus the whole earth would come to be regarded as one city and one land. quote 4929 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
L anguages must be reduced to one common language to be taught in all the schools of the world. quote 4927 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
Y e are all the leaves of one tree and the drops of one ocean. quote 4926 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
T he religion of God and His divine law are the most potent instruments and the surest of all means for the dawning of the light of unity amongst men. quote 4925 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
T he purpose of religion as revealed from the heaven of God’s holy Will is to establish unity and concord amongst the peoples of the world; make it not the cause of dissension and strife. quote 4924 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
T he progress of the world, the development of nations, the tranquillity of peoples, and the peace of all who dwell on earth are among the principles and ordinances of God. quote 4923 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
R eligion bestoweth upon man the most precious of all gifts, offereth the cup of prosperity, imparteth eternal life, and showereth imperishable benefits upon mankind. quote 4922 | The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh
