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
Jalal 6 Kalimat 183 B.E.
But man hath perversely continued to serve his lustful appetites . . . With this, and with the perpetrating of vile and ignoble acts, his attention was engrossed, and he abandoned the temperance and moderation of a natural way of life. The result was the engendering of diseases both violent and diverse.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 152-153