Stepping Stones
We Bahá’ís can always, with the aid of Bahá’u’lláh, Who, is ever ready to strengthen and assist us, turn our stumbling blocks into stepping stones, and utilize the often violent forces released by sincere but perhaps misguided friends, as a positive stream of power by turning them into productive channels instead of destructive ones.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 602-603
They have won outstanding and historic victories for the Faith, but the thing that pleases him most is that each victory that is won has been used as a stepping stone to further service in the Cause of God.
- Shoghi Effendi, High Endeavours - Messages to Alaska, p. 44
Quote of the Day
Istijlal 17 Izzat 183 B.E.
The second condition is that the members of the assembly should unitedly elect a chairman and lay down guide-lines and by-laws for their meetings and discussions. The chairman should have charge of such rules and regulations and protect and enforce them; the other members should be submissive, and refrain from conversing on superfluous and extraneous matters.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 88