Context
We must never take one sentence in the Teachings and isolate it from the rest.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 512
We cannot help noticing, however, that achievements tend to be more enduring in those regions where the friends strive to understand the totality of the vision conveyed in the messages, while difficulties often arise when phrases and sentences are taken out of context and viewed as isolated fragments.
- Universal House of Justice, Letter to the Counsellors, 28 December 2010, p. 18
Quote of the Day
Jamal 18 Asma 183 B.E.
Bahá’ís are "fully entitled to address criticisms to their Assemblies" and offer their recommendations. When Bahá’ís have addressed their criticisms, suggestions and advice to their Assemblies, including their views "about policies or individual members of elected bodies," they must "wholeheartedly accept the advice or decision of the Assembly."
The Universal House of Justice – 1996 July 02, Criticism of Institutions