“The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering. … so suffering and tribulation free man from the petty affairs of this worldly life until he arrives at a state of complete detachment.”

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.

Even through the limitless space of the heavens – surround all that exists, and make discoveries in the exalted spheres and infinite distances. .

We must all strive and concentrate all our thoughts in order that such happiness may accrue to the world of humanity.

New bounties, bestowals and perfections are awaiting and already descending upon him.

In that world there is need of spirituality, faith, assurance, the knowledge and love of God.

Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material world

And now one of the greatest and most fundamental principles of the Cause of God is to shun and avoid entirely the Covenant-breakers, for they will utterly destroy the Cause of God, exterminate

Be ye a refuge to the fearful; bring ye rest and peace to the disturbed; make ye a provision for the destitute; be a treasury of riches for the poor; be a healing medicine for those who suffer pain

Divine things are too deep to be expressed by common words. The heavenly teachings are expressed in parable in order to be understood and preserved for ages to come.

There is but one power which heals—that is God. The state or condition through which the healing takes place is the confidence of the heart.

International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers.

Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.

Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.

It is an intimately communicative affair between the painter and his painting, a conversation back and forth, the painting telling the painter even as it receives its shape and form.

A dishonor greater than any affair, is that of a friend who never was.

Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.

A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.