Copper Gold
For instance, consider the substance of copper. Were it to be protected in its own mine from becoming solidified, it would, within the space of seventy years, attain to the state of gold.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Ki tab-i-Ian, p. 157
The copper of scorn and derision will be transmuted into the gold of honor and praise.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í Scriptures, p. 547
Quote of the Day
Istijlal 14 Nur 183 B.E.
Looking back upon those sullen days of my retirement, bitter with feelings of anxiety and gloom, I can recall with appreciation and gratitude those unmistakable evidences of your affection and steadfast zeal which I have received from time to time, and which have served to relieve in no small measure the burden that weighed so heavily upon my heart.
Shoghi Effendi – Bahá’í Administration, p. 66