Gather once a week in a public meeting. Before the meeting begins, one must read a prayer, afterward they may sing together an anthem or a song. This is optional.... Crystallization of forms will kill the spirit...

we must ever think of the education of the public and try our utmost to improve the conditions of the submerged classes

When we left Bagdad, a Darvish came to me and begged to be a member of the party. I told him the trip would be most difficult.

The station of the Prophets is as a lighted lamp; all the Prophets offered themselves as lamps.

Man has set up imaginary lines, only to have these become causes of strife. A river is made a boundary, one side called France and the other Germany

Luxuries cut off the freedom of communication. One who is imprisoned by desires is always unhappy

All the people are sacrificing their lives for the sake of the worthless (valueless) earth.

The Manifestation (Baha'o'llah) had all the qualities of the sun of Truth manifested

I have been asked a question: "How can we know when our actions meet with the approval of God?" Sometimes passion incites us to action

The more one falls into difficulties the more he finds help so that he will find those difficulties very easy tasks.

Yes, and yet not in Essence. A Divine Manifestation is as a mirror reflecting the light of the Sun.

Were it not for the favors of the Blessed Perfection, no one would have given us any importance. There are some who become proud and haughty... Meekness and humility are the hallmarks of faith.... There are no officers in this Cause... The foundation of this Cause is pure, spiritual democracy and not a theocracy.

Good news! Good news! The doors of the Kingdom of God are open!... Be Happy! Be Happy! Be full of Joy!

Praise be to God that you have come into this desert and exalted the name of God

I desire for you distinction. The Bahais must be distinguished from others of humanity. But this distinction must not

I have the greatest desire to speak with you, but if I do not talk with my tongue I commune with my heart and my soul is with you. Without the medium of words

Als Zorn Gottes wird irrtümlicherweise die Logik, die Konsequenz, kurz, die Gerechtigkeit Gottes genannt

Compare the present time and the feeling towards the coloured people now, with the state of feeling two or three hundred years ago

It belongs to the lesson of yesterday. Events like these happen because of the connection between the parts of the universe, for every small part has connection

superstitions were of two kinds; those that were harmful and dangerous, and those that were harmless and produced certain good effects

My work is done. The tree of my life has yielded its fruits. I have set a fire in the world

As to your art, it is one of the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh that art is identical with an act of worship... Say, 'I have two arts, one physical, the other spiritual.

Human spirits are manifested in physical molds or bodies. One spirit may be imperfect; that is to say, it may be imbued with qualities

These letters are symbols predicting future events. If you add these letters, each representing a number, without repeating any one of them, the sum total will be the year of the appearance of his holiness the Báb