Once a Bahá'í was mistaken for his friend and arrested... Your hearts must be like mirrors brightly polished

The Master said there were four kinds of light; the light from the lamp was one; but because the face of a man does not give out light

Doest thou see the farmers furrowing the fields for the sowing of new seeds? Are they not working with tireless exertion?

Today we will occupy ourselves with the glad tidings of God. It is for us to consider how we may educate men that the darkness of ignorance

The difference between animal and man is this, that the animal cannot comprehend the teachings of God.... The teachings say first to investigate reality

You must thank God that, although I am a person from the East and you are a revered lady from the West, yet we are gathered in this place with the utmost of spiritual affection.

You must live and conduct yourself in Cairo in such a manner and characterize yourself with such attributes

...multitudiness, they all emanate from the solar center. May we be like these trees

The condition of faith requires that man may ascend to and abide in the station of sacrifice. Without this attainment one's faith is not perfect.

Blessed is the soul which is purified, and understands its wickedness and piety.

You are the flowers of Paris and the cause of my happiness. All the inhabitants of this city are either thinking of industry or wealth or they are chasing after the worldly pleasures

We must let loose the divine forces so that those souls who are standing still at the turnpike may move along the path of progress... We must ever strive to find out the subject which is of interest to the other party and speak with him from that standpoint.

Consider the influence of the Word of God... If you take bars of iron and tie them together, no matter how closely, they will not become one. But when a metallurgist comes on the scene

This 'letter' means a person. As the Word came forth from the mouth... 'The seas moved' - the seas of existence; the seas of life

The future of the Cause in Germany is very bright. Likewise Budapest and Vienna will become Bahá'í Centers.

When I go to bed I lie awake for one or two hours, then I sleep well for four hours. The sleep before twilight is also very invigorating. Taki Menshadi often spoke during the hours of sleep.

I have been for a walk. Motion is the sign of life. If there be no wind, no motion, the air become impure... our sun with all its planets are moving around a central sun like the moon moves round the earth.

There are some people who make this short span of life miserable to themselves and others because they harbor envy in their hearts

During our stay in Baghdad there lived in that city one of the Ameers of Afghanistan. He was reputed to be very wealthy and cultured. He used to frequent our house

The more we thank Bahá'u'lláh for these bounties with which He has encircled us, the more numerous will they become. When Bahá'u'lláh in the early history of the Caused desired to test any one

There are three paths through which man attains spiritual happiness. The first path is the path of ordeals, trials and difficulties.

Because whatsoever a man soweth here he reapeth there. This world is like a school. He must learn lessons here

I am very glad to be here with you. I am very glad to see you all here.

Consider the times of the past: Regard for instance the days of His Holiness Christ and days subsequent thereto.