Self - Loss of
The inestimable cost of lost productivity by damaged individuals unable to function fully, if at all. of lost psychic identities, and even loss of lives must also be considered. Think of the millions of women who live with violence and the fear of violence. They lose their sense of identity which has been eroded to the point where they accept the contaminated version of reality dictated by their abusers.
- Bahá’í International Community, 1994 May 26, Creating Violence-Free Families
Quote of the Day
Idal 17 Qudrat 182 B.E.
They, however much buffeted by present circumstances, and no matter how perilous the path they now tread, must press forward unafraid of persecution, scorn or calumny, towards the shining goal they have set themselves to attain.
Shoghi Effendi – Dawn of a New Day, p. 127