Bahá’í Quotes

Community

In a world of interdependent peoples and nations the advantage of the part is best to be reached by the advantage of the whole, and . . . no lasting result can be achieved by any of the component parts if the general interests of the entity itself are neglected.

- Shoghi Effendi, Promised Day is Come, p. vi

In such a climate, the community is transformed from being the mere sum of its parts to assuming a wholly new personality as an entity in which its members blend without losing their individual uniqueness.

- Universal House of Justice, Unlocking the Power of Action, p.

Quote of the Day

Fidal 12 Mashiyyat 182 B.E.

. . . it is clear that there is a profound difference between the Bahá’í attitude to the circumcision of males and the excision of females.

From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the Office of Public Information – Haifa, 2 January 1992