Bahá’í Quotes

Appetites

But man hath perversely continued to serve his lustful appetites . . . With this, and with the perpetrating of vile and ignoble acts, his attention was engrossed, and he abandoned the temperance and moderation of a natural way of life. The result was the engendering of diseases both violent and diverse.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 152-153

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Kamal 7 Izzat 183 B.E.

Once it is in the hands of the Assembly the believer's obligation is discharged and he should do no more than pray . . . unless, of course, the Spiritual Assembly asks him to take specific action.

Universal House of Justice – Removal of Administrative Rights, 1993