Bahá’í Quotes

Live

The one reason I wish to live is that I may reveal Thy Cause, and I seek the continuance of life only that I may be touched by adversity in Thy path.

- Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p. 147

Material civilization is like the body and spiritual civilization is like the soul. Body without soul cannot live.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 30

Ye must live and move according to the divine commands and behests.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v3, p. 511

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