Bahá’í Quotes

Dark Thoughts

He urges you to persevere and add up your accomplishments, rather than to dwell on the dark side of things. Everyone's life has both a dark and bright side. He urges you to persevere and add up your accomplishments, rather than to dwell on the dark side of things. Everyone's life has both a dark and bright side. The Master said: turn your back to the darkness and your face to Me.

- Shoghi Effendi, The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá’í Community, p. 457

He urges you to put these dark thoughts from your mind, and remember that God, the Creator of all men, can beat to see them suffer so, it is not for us to question His wisdom. He can compensate the innocent, in His own way, for the afflictions they bear.

- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 237

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Idal 15 Ilm 182 B.E.

Programs concerning domestic violence should seek to reach every age group and ethnic population within the Bahá’í community through a variety of age appropriate and culturally sensitive delivery systems.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States – Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies on Domestic Violence, p. 138