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
Idal 6 Nur 183 B.E.
O ye lovers of God! Do not dwell on what is coming to pass in this holy place, and be ye in no wise alarmed. Whatsoever may happen is for the best, because affliction is but the essence of bounty, and sorrow and toil are mercy unalloyed, and anguish is peace of mind, and to make a sacrifice is to receive a gift, and whatsoever may come to pass hath issued from God's grace.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 243-246