Bahá’í Quotes

Calumny

Against calumny there is no defense . . . having no helper, assistant nor shelter from the sword of accusation and the teeth of calumny, save God!

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v2, p. 379

And I say unto you that no calumny is able to prevail against the Light of God; it can only result in causing it to be more universally recognized.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 105

The individual must be educated to such a high degree that he would rather have his throat cut than tell a lie, and would think it easier to be slashed with a sword or pierced with a spear than to utter calumny or be carried away by wrath.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 136

Quote of the Day

Istiqlal 10 Qudrat 183 B.E.

Perchance we may divest ourselves of all that we have taken from each other and strip ourselves of such borrowed garments as we have stolen from our fellow men, that He may attire us instead with the robe of His mercy and the raiment of His guidance, and admit us into the city of knowledge.

Bahá’u’lláh – Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 14