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

Kamal 18 Mashiyyat 182 B.E.

Be sensitive for the possibility of prior exposure to severe violence, such as a personal or family history of trauma from torture, mutilation, war atrocities, gang rape, arson, bombings, lynchings, or other extreme forms of violence. Prior exposure to other forms of violence may exacerbate the effects of domestic violence.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States – Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies on Domestic Violence, p. 94