Bahá’í Quotes

Man - Reality of

Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.

- Bahá’u’lláh, The Arabic Hidden Words #22

Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom.

- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 260

I knew My love for thee; therefore I created thee, have engraved on thee Mine image and revealed to thee My beauty.

- Bahá’u’lláh, Hidden Words, Arabic 3

Each man has been placed in a post of honour, which he must not desert.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, pp. 159-160

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