Bahá'u'lláh > Quotes

“Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility.”
― Baha'u'llah

“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens”
― Baha'u'llah, THE KITAB-I-AQDAS

“Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.”
― Baha'u'llah

“That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being saith: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”
― Baha'u'llah; Abdul-Baha; Shogi Effendi

“The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens”
― Baha'u'llah

“Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.”
― Baha'u'llah

“The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity,

Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech.

Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger.

Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.

Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart,

and a fruit upon the tree of humility.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self. ”
― Bahá'u'lláh, The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Vol.3: 'Akká: The Early Years: 1868-77

“Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.”
― Baha'u'llah

“All peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and should be to one another as brothers and sisters.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.”
― Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

“Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one.”
― Baha'u'llah

“A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“Dedicate the precious days of your lives to the betterment of the world”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“Man's merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“O Son of Spirit!
My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.”
― Baháʼuʼlláh

“Dost thou reckon thyself only a puny form/When within thee the universe is folded?Baha'u'llah”
― Baha'u'llah

“The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. ”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences, however, should be acquired as can profit the peoples of the earth, and not those which begin with words and end with words.”
― Baha'u'llah

“Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.”
― Bahá'u'lláh

“Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay of My command I made thee to appear, and have ordained for thy training every atom of existence and the essence of all created things.”
― Baha'u'llah, The Hidden Words Of Bahá'u'lláh

“The earth is but one country and Mankind its citizens.”
― Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah

“They who dwell within the Tabernacle of God, and are established upon the seats of everlasting glory, will refuse, though they be dying of hunger, to stretch their hands, and seize unlawfully the property of their neighbour, however vile and worthless he may be. The purpose of the one true God in manifesting Himself is to summon all mankind to truthfulness and sincerity, to piety and trustworthiness, to resignation and submissiveness to the will of God, to forbearance and kindliness, to uprightness and wisdom. His object is to array every man with the mantle of a saintly character, and to adorn him with the ornament of holy and goodly deeds....”
― Baha'u'llah

“Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and degradation. ”
― Baha'u'llah