Bahá’í Quotes

Laziness

For indolence and laxity hinder the outpourings of love from the clouds of divine mercy, and people will thus remain deprived.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, IV

Waste not your time in idleness and indolence, and occupy yourselves with that which will profit yourselves and others beside yourself.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 195

Quote of the Day

Istiqlal 1 Nur 183 B.E.

In the treasuries of the knowledge of God there lieth concealed a knowledge which, when applied, will largely, though not wholly, eliminate fear. This knowledge, however, should be taught from childhood, as it will greatly aid in its elimination…. Whatever decreaseth fear increaseth courage.

Bahá’u’lláh – Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 32