Baha'u'llah
Baha'u'llah
blessed men justice
Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.
love self might
I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
self vision world
Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.
stars men numbers
Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.
heart eye hands
Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.
powerful light tree
The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.
essence deeds abundance
The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds
heart son baha
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.
desire quests unions
The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.
honesty people soul
Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one.
art men civilization
The civilization, so often vaunted by the learned exponents of arts and sciences, will, if allowed to overleap the bounds of moderation, bring great evil upon men. Thus warneth you He Who is the All-Knowing. If carried to excess, civilization will prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the restraints of moderation.
men essence light
Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light. If, however, he be allowed to remain in his original condition, the corrosion of lusts and appetites will effectively destroy him.
sacrifice cities goal
Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he has seen, and heard, and understood (before), all must he set at naught, that he may enter the Realm of the Spirit, which is the City of God.
brother children father
All peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and should be to one another as brothers and sisters.