Bahá’í Quotes

Resentment

The temptation to react sharply and defensively is very great, yet we know that, as Trustees of the Merciful, we should not do so. Not only is it contrary to the spirit of the instructions of the Master and the Guardian, with which you are thoroughly familiar, but giving vent to such reaction tends to evoke resentment rather than bringing about the desired result.

- Letter from the Universal House of Justice, dated January 25, 1972, to a National Spiritual Assembly

Quote of the Day

Jamal 12 Rahmat 183 B.E.

You were the fountainhead of learning, the unfailing spring of light for all the earth, how is it that you are withered now, and quenched, and faint of heart? You who once lit the world, how is it that you lurk, inert, bemused, in darkness now? Open your mind's eye, see your great and present need. Rise up and struggle, seek education, seek enlightenment.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá – The Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 91