Bahá’í Quotes

Despondent

He strongly urges you not to dwell on yourself. Each one of us, if we look into our failures, is sure to feel unworthy and despondent, and this feeling only frustrates our constructive efforts and wastes time. The thing for us to focus on is the glory of the Cause and the Power of Bahá’u’lláh which can make of a mere drop a surging sea!

- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 113

Quote of the Day

Istiqlal 14 Kamal 183 B.E.

We are confident that the Army of Light, growing in strength and unity will, by 1973, the centenary year of the revelation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, have scaled the heights of yet another peak in the path leading ultimately to the broad uplands of the Most Great Peace.

The Universal House of Justice – Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-1973, p. 72