Bahá’í Quotes

Purification

Purification is regarded as the most acceptable means for attaining the nearness unto God and the most meritorious of all deed

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 126

. . . sifting out the weak and raising up the strong in that constant purification of the ranks of the faithful which takes place in the course of the growth of this World Community.

- Custodians, Ministry of the Custodians, p. 351

Quote of the Day

Istijlal 16 Rahmat 183 B.E.

The apathy and lethargy that paralyze their spiritual faculties -- these are among the formidable obstacles that stand in the path of every world-be warrior in the service of Bahá’u’lláh, obstacles which he must battle against the surmount in his crusade for the redemption of his own countrymen.

Shoghi Effendi: Citadel of Faith – p. 149