I do not feel happy in Paris. I do not know whether it is its depressing atmosphere or the effect of the indifference of the people to spiritual things.

I was thinking that during the days of Christ not one word was written about him. We have at the present time four Gospels, two of these were written 60 years after Christ

One must never feel superior to anyone else. This feeling of superiority destroys all vestiges of friendship and love. I give thee this rule to be remembered throughout all thy life

Formerly I was so accustomed that I slept in Acca in the same small room with 13 other souls, but now if there sleeps another person in my room I lie awake all night.

In past you must not imagine that the prophets spoke things which the people could not understand. They were very well understood by their contemporaries

Man must possess the religion of God which is the source of all valour, moral and intellectual. If he has not this, he may have at least, the simple 'natural religion' of humanity.

This question will only be solved through the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh... From the association of the white friends with the colored friends the others, people outside the Cause, will learn the meaning.

That is all talk. The Text of the Blessed Book cannot be changed. No one can interfere with it.

I once lived in a cave on Mount Carmel. One day I went to the Carmelite Monastery and asked to see someone, saying I had a message to deliver. They refused to see me or hear my message.

Adam is the symbol of the childhood of the race of man. Childhood has not a great capacity, therefore when he put out his hand to take the apple, he had not the capacity to receive such great knowledge as the apple symbolizes.

It is the beholding of the beauty of this perfection in the reality of His own identity. It is from the entity of God to His Own Entity.

All true art is a gift of the Holy Spirit... It is the Sun of Truth, O artist... The Sun of Truth is everywhere. It is shining on the whole world.

The human body is in need of material force, but the spirit has need of the Holy Spirit.

By the Justice and judgment of God those who commit evil suffer and are punished for it... But mercy is by far the greatest of the divine attributes and owing to this great mercy of God those who die in their sins are not left without the possibility of attaining to Life.

The Bounty of God is within the heart; it receives the Light... The bounty is dormant or latent in the hearts. Belief and faith make it appear

Because you have this intention, that is capacity. The intention is capacity.

A sincere worker in the Cause of God is always assisted by the Divine Spirit when such questions arise. The Truth will flow through you

It might be so if we were not in the Hands of the great Father who is perfect love and endless mercy.

There was once a blacksmith in Iran, and to keep his fire going and get the iron red hot

…the turning toward God in thought, and a prayer-like appeal from the heart, is prayer, and is heard of God. Words are not necessary, the heart is enough.

To man, the Essence of God is incomprehensible, so also are the worlds beyond this, and their condition

You are very welcome. I was longing to see you... It is very strange that when a face is not illumined with the light of the love of God

Do you think that this material food has any effect upon my body? This food has no effect. Only good news from the believers

The election of temporary members of the assemblies of the kingdom should depend upon the choice and satisfaction of the public