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

Fidal 17 Mashiyyat 183 B.E.

The gates of Hell have opened wide to receive thee, O thou who hast turned away from thy Lord, the Unconstrained! Repair unto its fire, for it yearneth after thee.

Bahá’u’lláh – The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 178