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

Idal 17 Kalimat 183 B.E.

During the days of Bahá’u’lláh some of the prominent teachers of the Cause in Persia were divided as to the station of Bahá’u’lláh and at last wrote to Him for arbitration. In answer Bahá’u’lláh said that if they were united both sides were right and if they were divided both were wrong.

Shoghi Effendi – Lights of Guidance, p. 405