Man - Reality of
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Arabic Hidden Words #22
Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 260
I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Hidden Words, Arabic 3
Each man has been placed in a post of honour, which he must not desert.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, pp. 159-160
Quote of the Day
Istiqlal 8 Mashiyyat 182 B.E.
There is a case recorded where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote to a Western believer who had sought His advice. She was told that she should remain faithful and forbearing towards her husband but, should his cruelty become unendurable, she should leave him to himself and live separately from him, as this was better and more acceptable.
From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer – 22 July, 1987