Contagious
If you are sad, and pass a child who is laughing, the child, seeing your sad face, will cease to laugh, not knowing why.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 124
One must protect and safeguard the blessed souls from the breaths and fatal spiritual diseases; otherwise violation, like the plague, will become a contagion and all will perish.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 437
If you put a leper in a room with healthy people, he cannot catch their health; on the contrary they are very likely to catch his horrible ailment.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 188
Quote of the Day
Idal 18 Sultan 182 B.E.
When we realize that Bahá’u’lláh says . . . that drinking destroys the mind, and not to so much as approach it, we see how clear are our teachings on these subjects.
Shoghi Effendi – Lights of Guidance, p. 344