“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… So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.”

Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.

Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.

Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration.

Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.

It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.

O ye rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease.

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

Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind…

Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.

Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.

All peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and should be to one another as brothers and sisters.

The Word is the master key for the whole world, inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men, which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked.

In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.

Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things you would not desire for yourself.

Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.