Bahá’í Quotes

Insanity

Ameen, son of Khan's younger sister Hamideh, a direct descendant of the old historian, was not of a lineage to be envied, for it was said that the posterity of that ancestor were under the curse of insanity because of his slanderous attacks on the Faith of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh.

- Marzieh Gail, Arches of the Years, p. 66

With the love of God all sciences are accepted and beloved, but without it, are fruitless; nay, rather the cause of insanity.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 366

Quote of the Day

Istijlal 14 Nur 183 B.E.

Looking back upon those sullen days of my retirement, bitter with feelings of anxiety and gloom, I can recall with appreciation and gratitude those unmistakable evidences of your affection and steadfast zeal which I have received from time to time, and which have served to relieve in no small measure the burden that weighed so heavily upon my heart.

Shoghi Effendi – Bahá’í Administration, p. 66