“Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul.”

Man is under all conditons immersed in a sea of God’s blessings. Therefore, be thou not hopeless under any circumstances, but rather be firm in thy hope

Beware of prejudice; light is good in whatsoever lamp it is burning; a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

To speak more exactly, will be an age in which the masculine and feminine elements of civilization will be more evenly balanced.

Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively by spiritual rather than physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of treatment should be followed; they are not.

Whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.

Let us join together to hasten forward the Divine Cause of unity, until all humanity knows itself to be one family, joined together in love.

Be not the slave of your moods, but their master. But if you are so angry, so depressed and so sore that your spirit cannot find deliverance and peace even in prayer, then quickly go and give some pleasure to someone lowly or sorrowful,

What are the requirements? Love for mankind, sincerity toward all, reflecting the oneness of the world of humanity, philanthropy, becoming enkindled with the fire of the love of God

This eternal bond should be made secure by a firm covenant, and the intention should be to foster harmony, fellowship and unity and to attain everlasting life.

An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration.

If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations.

Whatever other children learn in a year, let Bahá’í children learn in a month. The heart of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá longeth, in its love

When a man turns his face to God he finds sunshine everywhere.

We declare that love is the cause of the existence of all phenomena and that the absence of love is the cause of disintegration or non-existence.

Attainment to the knowledge of God and that which is conducive to human welfare.

The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.

The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.

There is a great destructive force that comes upon us when we start comparing ourselves in the flesh with what we could be spiritually.

A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus’s name.

For me, spirituality includes the belief in things larger than ourselves, an appreciation of nature and beauty, a sensitivity to the world, a feeling of shared connection with other living things, a desire to help people less fortunate than ourselves.

But the standard churchy spirituality doesn’t require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.

I define spirituality as a search for love, beauty, happiness and wisdom.

Spirituality is a journey that we never finish.

The essence of spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human.