this was not rightly expressed. It is not meant that after physical death those who are dead spiritually will cease to exist... We need not understand in their literal sense the descriptions of hell fire

The book of Ighan revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad and translated in America is one of the most fundamental Bahá'í works. Then the Hidden Words, likewise Tajalliyat, Ishraqat, Tarazat, etc, also the books of Mirza Abdu'l-Fadl.

From this time, for the sake of the Blessed Perfection, you will endure many hardships; you will be persecuted severely; people will say bad things about you

There is a spiritual language and that is one language. It is a language by which the hearts speak to one another.

O Thou compassionate Lord! Illumine these hearts with the light of the Most Great Guidance! Confer life upon these spirits through thy divine glad tidings!

Man, as an individual unit of human society must not base his deeds according to the law of retaliation.

All teaching and knowledge are enclosed in the soul of man, because his soul encompasses everything. To study means to try to bring them to light.

I hope that each one of you may become a divine farmer and each one may cultivate a large blessed farm. The real Bahá'í farming is through deeds.

No matter how small a room is, and how simply it is furnished, when a candle is ignited therein... The heart must of necessity be spiritual. A tree must be fruitful; it may be very tall, very verdant

One of the most necessary and at the same time difficult things in this Cause is amicable association with the outsiders. Only through the constant widening of the circle of one's acquaintances and friends the Truth will be made known

It is now demonstrated that all their existent powers have contributed something toward the realization of this world war

The Blessed Perfection came for the purpose of uniting the hearts that He might link them together. For this purpose you must prove the means of unity

I beg of Thee, O my God! My Lord! My Hope! And my utmost Desire! Verily Thou knowest my humility, my contrition, my poverty, my indigence, my agitation

The confirmations of God are with those sanctified teachers who are calling mankind to the Cause of the Blessed Beauty. Through teaching the hidden forces of the hearts and the minds are unfolded.

"Mirror" is the whole body, the brain in particular. Body has many elements in its composition

The material men of this world are like poison to the spiritual. They are the calamities and inconveniences which a man meets in the worldly life…. The people of God have no dependence upon the conditions of this world; they neither become embittered with the bitterness of the cup

There are two kinds of punishment - punishment of love and displeasure. The king punishes his own children because of His love

You are most welcome. I have been sick for the last few days but I am always pleased to meet the friends. I beg from the favors of God to illumine each one

If he is God, whatever he does is right. If he is false, whatever he does is also false - even though he may not marry.

Once there was a man who had a negro servant. His name was Kafour. Having decided to make a journey

We should remember these meetings when we return to our homes. When we go to Paris

The friends here are anxious to know if I like these rooms! They do not know what we had to go through in the past. Imagine the conditions

O God, O God, I glorify Thee, O my Lord, my hope, my beloved and the object of my life. Verily thou knowest my humility