Baháʼu'lláh Quotes

Dedicate the precious days of your lives to the betterment of the world

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.

The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds

O Son of Spirit!
My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

Man's merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.

Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.

Dost thou reckon thyself only a puny form/When within thee the universe is folded?Baha'u'llah

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.

Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay of My command I made thee to appear, and have ordained for thy training every atom of existence and the essence of all created things.

Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences, however, should be acquired as can profit the peoples of the earth, and not those which begin with words and end with words.

Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.

They who dwell within the Tabernacle of God, and are established upon the seats of everlasting glory, will refuse, though they be dying of hunger, to stretch their hands, and seize unlawfully the property of their neighbour, however vile and worthless he may be. The purpose of the one true God in manifesting Himself is to summon all mankind to truthfulness and sincerity, to piety and trustworthiness, to resignation and submissiveness to the will of God, to forbearance and kindliness, to uprightness and wisdom. His object is to array every man with the mantle of a saintly character, and to adorn him with the ornament of holy and goodly deeds....

The earth is but one country and Mankind its citizens.

When a drop draws help from the ocean, it is an ocean in itself, and a little seed, through the outpouring of rain, the favour of the sun and soul-refreshing breeze, will become a tree with the utmost freshness, full of leaves, blossoms and fruits. Therefore do not consider thy capacity and merit, but rely upon the infinite Bounty and trust to His Highness the Almighty.