Nerves
The powers of the sympathetic nerve are neither entirely physical nor spiritual, but are between the two (systems). The nerve is connected with both. Its phenomena shall be perfect when its spiritual and physical relations are normal.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v2, p. 309
You should certainly safeguard your nerves, and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer meditation, but for real rest and relaxation.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 296
Quote of the Day
Jamal 14 Kalimat 183 B.E.
It was her [Martha Root] great teaching journeys -- four of which took her entirely round the world combined with her truly outstanding qualities, that so endeared her to Shoghi Effendi and led him to call her the "archetype of Bahá’í itinerant teachers".
Ruhiyyih Khanum – The Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith, p. 39