A wise young man ever thinks of and studies those means which are conducive to his progress - mental, intellectual and spiritual. He lets all amusements and recreations go and applies himself

The spiritual life postulates simplicity and contemplation combined with usefulness and well-guided activity. When we were living in Baghdad according to the custom of that country we slept on the roof

This Cause has hoisted the banner of the unity of the world of humanity. One of the instruments which will bring about universal peace is this very war

Man is liable to forget things very quickly, but the animals remember longer. If you have been kind to a dog once in your lifetime

This theory is not true. But in very ancient times Asia led all the continents in civilization. At this time there was a connection between Asia and America which was lost and entirely forgotten.

At the time of Muhammad, He sanctioned war for the preservation of the lives of His followers. The laws of individual justice were confused and preliminary in the souls of men.

If the friends of God listen to my first word, they will find the success.... Thou shouldst strive day and night, so that the fire of the love of God

You must become the shining candles of moral precepts and spiritual ideas

Your child will have extraordinary capacities. It will be a Bahai. Rear it in the teachings

No, this was on account of all the parts of the universe having a connection and being dependent upon one another. To study the universe, take the body of man

Afflictions and troubles are due to the state of not being content with what God has ordained for you. If one submits himself to God he is happy

There are two general and principal classes of divine teachings. One is spiritual

Evil is imperfection. Sin is the state of man in the world of the baser nature

I. Pity and good-will towards all mankind. II. The rendering of service to humanity.

This spiritual communication and mutual exchange of thoughts is conditioned upon certain facts

A child in the matrix of its mother is in utter darkness. When it is born into the world it comes into the light. While in the matrix

Do you see that brilliant star? I declare... that it is my fondest hope

Man must live in contentment with the conditions of his time. He must not make

At the city gate four travelers sat, a Persian, a Turk, an Arab, and a Greek. They were hungry and wanted their evening meal

Man in this age has learned the weight of the sun, the path of a star, the movement of an eclipse

Come and take this, Mirza Ahmad. Let me see what you can do. Let me see what the friends of God in these states will do.

Bahá'u'lláh departed to Sarkalu alone. Nobody knew just where he was, even we

After the end of three years, again I return to the Holy Land. Were it not for the assistance and protection

This universe is not created through the fortuitous concurrences of atoms; it is created by a great law which decrees that the tree bring forth certain definite fruit.