Bahá’í Quotes

Nature - Nurture

Whether deficiencies are inborn or are acquired, our purpose in this life is to overcome them and to train ourselves in accordance with the pattern that is revealed to us in the divine teachings.

- From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice, 17 September 1993

Quote of the Day

Fidal 1 Izzat 183 B.E.

It is the responsibility of Bahá’í Assemblies to decide when individual interests should be subordinated to those affecting the collective welfare of the community. But, as already stated, the interest of the individual should always be safeguarded within certain limits, and provided they do not seriously affect the welfare of the group as a whole.

Shoghi Effendi – Lights of Guidance, no. 411