Baha'u'llah Quotes

#1. The essence of true safety is to observe silence, to look at the end of things and to renounce the world.

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#2. Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.

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#3. O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

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#4. Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly cherished.

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#5. Through affliction hath His light shone and His praise been bright unceasingly: this hath been His method through past ages and bygone times.

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#6. Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light. If, however, he be allowed to remain in his original condition, the corrosion of lusts and appetites will effectively destroy him.

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#7. Man's merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.

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#8. Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things you would not desire for yourself.

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#9. In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the rose of love.

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#10. Unto each one hath been prescribed a preordained measure, as decreed in God's mighty and guarded Tablets. All that which ye potentially possess can, however, be manifested only as a result of your own volition.

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#11. Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay of My command I made thee to appear, and have ordained for thy training every atom of existence and the essence of all created things.

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#12. Thou art My light and My light shall never be extinguished; why dost thou dread extinction? Thou art My glory and My glory shall fadeth not; thou art My robe and My robe shall never be outworn.

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#13. The Cause of God is not a theatrical display that is presented every hour, of which some new diversion may be asked for every day. If it were thus, the Cause of God would become mere child's play.

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#14. O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.

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#15. In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.

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#16. He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.

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#17. All peoples and nations are of one family, the children of one Father, and should be to one another as brothers and sisters.

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#18. O ye rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease.

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#19. Regard ye the world as a man's body, which is afflicted with diverse ailments, and the recovery of which dependeth upon the harmonizing of all its component elements.

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#20. Dost thou reckon thyself only a puny form/When within thee the universe is folded?Baha'u'llah

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#21. It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.

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#22. The essence of faith is fewness of words and abundance of deeds

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#23. I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

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#24. A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.

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#25. Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.

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#26. Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.

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#27. O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. Hasten thereunto that thou mayest become an eternal light and an immortal spirit. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.

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#28. Earth is but one country and mankind is it's citizens.

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#29. O king! I was but a man like others, asleep upon my couch, when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious were wafted over me, and taught me the knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from me, but from One Who is Almighty and All-Knowing.

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#30. Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself.

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#31. Arts crafts and sciences uplift the world of being and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man's life and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone.

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#32. The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.

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#33. A might force, a consummate power lieth concealed in the world of being. Fix your gaze upon it and upon its unifying influences, and not upon the differences which appear from it.

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#34. Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and degradation.

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#35. Be patient under all conditions and place your whole trust and confidence in God.

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#36. Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he has seen, and heard, and understood (before), all must he set at naught, that he may enter the Realm of the Spirit, which is the City of God.

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#37. Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences, however, should be acquired as can profit the peoples of the earth, and not those which begin with words and end with words.

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#38. Let your vision be world embracing rather than confined to your own self.

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#39. The tabernacle of unity hath been raised; regard ye not one another as strangers.

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#40. Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one.

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#41. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.

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#42. Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the earth, that haply the dissensions that divide it may, through the power of the Most Great Name, be blotted out from its face, and all mankind become the upholders of one Order, and the inhabitants of one City ...

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#43. Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.

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#44. Every created thing in the whole universe is but a door leading into His knowledge, a sign of His sovereignty, a revelation of His names, a symbol of His majesty, a token of His power, a means of admittance into His straight Path ...

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#45. Dedicate the precious days of your lives to the betterment of the world

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#46. O SON OF LIGHT! Forget all save Me and commune with My spirit. This is of the essence of My command, therefore turn unto it.

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#47. The source of all glory is acceptance of whatsoever the Lord hath bestowed, and contentment with that which God hath ordained.

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#48. The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.

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#49. Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!

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#50. Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind.

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#51. The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

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#52. The Word is the master key for the whole world, inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men, which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked.

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#53. Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.

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#54. Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!

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#55. The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.

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#56. Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.

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#57. Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.

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#58. Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.

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#59. The world's equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind's ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System - the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.

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#60. In this day the breeze of God is wafted, and His Spirit hath pervaded all things. Such is the outpouring of His grace that the pen is stilled and the tongue is speechless.

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#61. 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 there from.

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#62. Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.

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#63. O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials.

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#64. Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.

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#65. My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

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#66. Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more.

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#67. Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.

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#68. O SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life.

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#69. Thus hath it been sent down from the heaven of the Will of your Lord, the Lord of Revelation.

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#70. We desire the good of the world and the happiness of the nations that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened ... what harm is there in this? ... these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come.

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#71. Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.

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#72. The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart ...

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#73. A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding.

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#74. Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.

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#75. It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornamant of equity and justice.

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#76. Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great

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#77. Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.

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#78. O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests and promote the unity of the human race, and to foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men.

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#79. Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.

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#80. Be thou as a throbbing artery, pulsating in the body of the entire creation, that through the heat generated by this motion there may appear that which will quicken the hearts of those who hesitate.

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