Renounce
Today the confirmations of the Kingdom of Bahá are with those who renounce themselves, forget their own opinions, cast aside personalities and are thinking of the welfare of others.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Star of the West, Vol. XVII, p. 348
The 'Master Key' to self-mastery is self- forgetting. The road to the palace of life is through the path of renunciation.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Star of the West, Vol. XVII, p. 348
. . . renouncement . . . giveth gradual repose and tranquility.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 335
Quote of the Day
Fidal 8 Jamal 183 B.E.
The members of these Assemblies, on their part, must disregard utterly their own likes and dislikes, their personal interests and inclinations, and concentrate their minds upon those measures that will conduce to the welfare and happiness of the Bahá’í Community and promote the common weal.
Shoghi Effendi – Principles of Bahá’í Administration, p. 41