Multiple Losses
Those who believed in Him likewise sacrificed life, honor, possessions, family, everything, that this human world might be released from the hell of discord, enmity and strife.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 4
Even if all the losses of the world were to be sustained by one of the friends of God, he would still profit thereby . . . The friends of God shall win and profit under all conditions, and shall attain true wealth.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Crisis & Victory, p. 154
Say: rejoice not in the things ye possess; tonight they are yours, tomorrow others will possess them. Thus warneth you He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 138
What advantage is there in the earthly things which men possess? . . . Did they but know it, they would renounce their all, that their names may be mentioned before His throne.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 34
Quote of the Day
Jalal 18 Rahmat 183 B.E.
There is such a confusion in the world today, so much uncertainty, so much materialism, that it is very hard to hold the attention of even the more spiritually minded people. But we must persevere and do our best knowing this is our duty and that conditions will eventually change completely and follow Bahá’u’lláh's Pattern.
Shoghi Effendi – High Endeavours - Messages to Alaska, p. 49