Manipulation
God, verily, is the best of schemers.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 124
Immersed in their selfish schemes, they are oblivious of the Divine decree.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 181
They that have turned away from Me have schemed many a time, and acted deceitfully in divers ways.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 161
Your schemings cover you with shame.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 147-148
Amongst all the teeming masses of the earth, only this community of the Most Great Name is free and clear of human schemes and hath no selfish purpose to promote.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 70
Quote of the Day
Fidal 10 Mashiyyat 183 B.E.
The lives of the Founders of our Faith clearly show that to be fundamentally assured does not mean that we live without anxieties, nor does being happy mean that there are not periods of deep grief when, like the Guardian, we wrap ourselves in a blanket, pray and supplicate, and give ourselves time for healing in preparation for the next great effort.
Shoghi Effendi – Quickeners of Mankind, p. 117