Bahá’í Quotes

Nature - Nurture

Whether deficiencies are inborn or are acquired, our purpose in this life is to overcome them and to train ourselves in accordance with the pattern that is revealed to us in the divine teachings.

- From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice, 17 September 1993

Quote of the Day

Kamal 9 Azamat 183 B.E.

When asked about the individual persistence of the animal's personality after death, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said: "Even the most developed dog has not the immortal soul of the man; yet the dog is perfect in its own place.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 97