Failure
He strongly urges you not to dwell on yourself. Each one of us, if we look into our failures, is sure to feel unworthy and despondent, and this feeling only frustrates our constructive efforts and wastes time. The thing for us to focus on is the glory of the Cause and the Power of Bahá’u’lláh which can make of a mere drop a surging sea!
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 113
Take heed lest through negligence ye fail to observe that which hath been prescribed unto you by Him Who is the Incomparable, the Gracious.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 58
On no subject are the Bahá’í teachings more emphatic than on the necessity to abstain from fault-finding and backbiting while being ever eager to discover and root out our own faults and overcome our own failings.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 88
We must supplicate Bahá’u’lláh to assist us to overcome the failings in our own characters, and also exert our own will power in mastering ourselves.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 115
Quote of the Day
Idal 16 Izzat 183 B.E.
The honoured members must with all freedom express their own thoughts, and it is in no wise permissible for one to belittle the thought of another, nay, he must with moderation set forth the truth, and should differences of opinion arise a majority of voices must prevail, and all must obey and submit to the majority.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 88-89