Bahá’í Quotes

Vision

Next in rank, is the power of vision, the chief instrument whereby his understanding can function. The senses of hearing, of the heart, and the like, are similarly to be reckoned among the gifts with which the human body is endowed.

- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 193

Quote of the Day

Jamal 7 Qudrat 182 B.E.

Lechery is clearly forbidden by Bahá’u’lláh (See Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 49) and Shoghi Effendi has stated that a 'chaste and holy life', according to the teachings of the Faith, implies a condemnation of 'all manner' of 'sexual vices'. (See Advent of Divine Justice, p. 25)

From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer – 5 June, 1983