Bahá’í Quotes

Assemblies - Loving Parents

He indicated that a National Assembly should be like a loving parent, watching over and helping its children, and not like a stern judge, waiting for an opportunity to display his judicial powers.

- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 34

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Istiqlal 16 Asma 183 B.E.

Patience and restraint, however, should at all times characterize the discussions and deliberations of the elected representatives of the local community, and no fruitless and hair-splitting discussions indulged in, under any circumstances.

Shoghi Effendi – Lights of Guidance, p. 81