“Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.”

The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.

Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.

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.

Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.

Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly cherished.

Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.

Regard ye the world as a man’s body, which is afflicted with diverse ailments, and the recovery of which dependeth upon the harmonizing of all its component elements.

The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.

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

Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.

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

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

Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.

The Bahá´í Faith is consolation for humanity.

Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.

O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials.

Grieving, like being blind, is a strange business; you have to learn how to do it. We seek company in mourning, but after the early bursts of tears, after the praises have been spoken, and the good days remembered, and the lament cried, and the grave closed, there is no company in grief. It is a burden borne alone.

Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why Should wise men grieve to know that they must die? The Judas blossom fades, the lovely face Of light is dimmed, and darkness takes its place.

It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.

It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.

One smile relieves a heart that grieves.

None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]

It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.

Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]