Speech: Palermo, Italy
“Whatever harm accrues of silence can be remedied but whatever harm is done because of speech cannot be remedied.” -Ali ibn Abu Talib
Speech: Texas, USA
“Fair speech and truthfulness, by reason of their lofty rank and position, are regarded as a sun shining above the horizon of knowledge.” -Baha’u’llah
Speech: Chicago, USA
The effects of the leaves presence can be seen on this pavement long after the leaves have gone. Speech also has an effect that lasts much longer than the sound of the words being uttered. “That seeker must … observe silence and refrain from idle talk. For the tongue is a smoldering fire, and excess [...]
Speech: Phuket, Thailand
“It is clear and evident to thee that all the Prophets are the Temples of the Cause of God, Who have appeared clothed in divers attire. If thou wilt observe with discriminating eyes, thou wilt behold Them all abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the [...]
Speech: Sydney, Australia
Treading through the blistering sunlight amongst abandoned buildings once constructed to save us from ourselves…from the womb of wonder our words are born into a light that blinds us. “And there are those who have the truth within them, but tell it not in words. In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells [...]
Speech: Vancouver, Canada
“O Son Of Man! Magnify My cause that I may reveal unto thee the mysteries of My greatness and shine upon thee with the light of eternity”. -Baha’u’llah
Speech: Chicago, USA
On some days, my speech is as tangled as this fence at the House of Worship, but not nearly as nicely with the smooth and shining lines. “Thou knowest, O my Lord, that I am but one of Thy servants. I have tasted of the sweetness of Thy speech, and acknowledged Thy unity and Thy [...]
Speech: Bali, Indonesia
“He must never seek to exalt himself above any one, must wash away from the tablet of his heart every trace of pride and vainglory, must cling unto patience and resignation, observe silence, and refrain from idle talk. For the tongue is a smouldering fire, and excess of speech a deadly poison. Material fire consumeth [...]
Speech: Los Angeles, USA
“If thou wishest thy speech and utterance to take effect in the hardened hearts, be thou severed from all attachment to this world and turn unto the Kingdom of God. Enkindle the fire of the love of God in the heart with such intensity that thou mayest become a flame of fire and a luminous [...]
Speech: Guam
“He must so cleanse his heart that no remnant of either love or hate may linger therein, lest that love blindly incline him to error, or that hate repel him away from the truth. Even as thou dost witness in this day how most of the people, because of such love and hate, are bereft of [...]
Speech: Boston, USA
Mineral stone at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University. “Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds and not through the tongue; for the latter hath no importance, as the majority of men are, in speech, well-wishers, while action is the best.” –Selections [...]
Speech: Texas, USA
“O thou seeker of the kingdom of God! If thou wishest thy speech and utterance to take effect in the hardened hearts, be thou severed from all attachment to this world and turn unto the Kingdom of God. Enkindle the fire of the love of God in the heart with such intensity that thou mayest become a [...]
Speech: Los Angeles, USA
Hollywood, LA. The work of a tour guide ain’t as easy as you might think. They know a whole buncha stuff! Did you know that Brad Pitt first worked in Hollywood as the El Pollo Loco Chicken? Freaky… “…let him, before all else, teach his own self, that his speech may attract the hearts of [...]
Speech: Chicago, USA
Somehow the delicate fence of the Nichols Bridgeway in downtown Chicago reminded me of bars that imprison, both literally and spiritually. The light is dim behind them when one focuses on the cold steel… “O ESSENCE OF NEGLIGENCE! Myriads of mystic tongues find utterance in one speech, and myriads of hidden mysteries are revealed in [...]
Speech: Vancouver, Canada
“This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favours have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all created things. It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile their differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow [...]
Speech: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
“O thou seeker of the kingdom of God! If thou wishest thy speech and utterance to take effect in the hardened hearts, be thou severed from all attachment to this world and turn unto the Kingdom of God. Enkindle the fire of the love of God in the heart with such intensity that thou mayest [...]
Speech: Haifa, Israel
A photographic study in human speech. “Consort with all men, O people of Bahá, in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship. If ye be aware of a certain truth, if ye possess a jewel, of which others are deprived, share it with them in a language of utmost kindliness and goodwill. If it be accepted, [...]
Speech: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
“From the beginning of time the light of unity hath shed its divine radiance upon the world, and the greatest means for the promotion of that unity is for the peoples of the world to understand one another’s writing and speech. In former Epistles We have enjoined upon the Trustees of the House of Justice either [...]
Speech: Isle of Lewis, Scotland
“O thou seeker of the kingdom of God! If thou wishest thy speech and utterance to take effect in the hardened hearts, be thou severed from all attachment to this world and turn unto the Kingdom of God. Enkindle the fire of the love of God in the heart with such intensity that thou mayest [...]
