Disapproval
They teach their followers to believe that their own form of religion is the only one pleasing to God, and that followers of any other persuasion are condemned by the All-Loving Father and deprived of His Mercy and Grace. Hence arise among the peoples, disapproval, contempt, disputes and hatred.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 45-46
Even if you are doing nothing deliberately to discourage such freedom, their accumulated impression of institutional disapproval, however derived, and their fear of criticism are, to a considerable extent, inhibiting their exercise of initiative.
- Universal House of Justice, Unlocking the Power of Action
Quote of the Day
Istiqlal 6 Mashiyyat 183 B.E.
These are they whose countenances God hath graciously turned away from the face of the unbelievers . . . and whom He hath strengthened and assisted through the hosts of the seen and the unseen.
Bahá’u’lláh – The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 10