Bahá’í Quotes

Excellence

In everything we do we should always try to attain a standard of excellence.

- Universal House of Justice, Lights of Guidance, p. 609

So high must be your standard of excellence and so pure and chaste your lives that the moral influence you exert penetrates the consciousness of the wider community.

- Universal House of Justice, Ridván Message 2008, paragraph 8

Quote of the Day

Jamal 15 Sultan 182 B.E.

The Assemblies must be wise and gentle in dealing with such cases (i.e. Bahá’ís using alcoholic beverages), but at the same time must not tolerate a prolonged and flagrant disregard of the Bahá’í Teachings as regards alcohol.

Shoghi Effendi – Bahá’í News, June 1958, p. 16