Show Low, USA
“We spend our lives trying to unlock the mystery of the universe, but there was a Turkish prisoner, Baháʼu’lláh, in Akka, Palestine who had the key.”
-Leo Tolstoy
Lisle, USA
“Hear Me, ye mortal birds! In the Rose-Garden of changeless splendour a Flower hath begun to bloom, compared to which every other flower is but a thorn, and before the brightness of Whose glory the very essence of beauty must pale and wither. Arise, therefore, and, with the whole enthusiasm of your hearts, with all the eagerness of your souls, the full fervour of your will, and the concentrated efforts of your entire being, strive to attain the paradise of His presence, and endeavour to inhale the fragrance of the incorruptible Flower, to breathe the sweet savours of holiness, and to obtain a portion of this perfume of celestial glory.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Days of Remembrance
Haifa, Israel
“make of my prayer a fire that will burn away the veils which have shut me out from Thy beauty, and a light that will lead me unto the ocean of Thy Presence.”
–Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Haifa, Israel
“By Him Who is the Lord of the Throne above and of earth below! They can be regarded in no other light except as evidences that proclaim the excellence and perfection of their author.”
-Baha’ullah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah
Grosvernor Dale, USA
“Rely upon God. Trust in Him. Praise Him, and call Him continually to mind. He verily turneth trouble into ease, and sorrow into solace, and toil into utter peace. He verily hath dominion over all things.”
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Huntsville, USA
“With fixed and steady gaze, born of the unerring eye of God, scan for a while the horizon of divine knowledge, and contemplate those words of perfection which the Eternal hath revealed, that haply the mysteries of divine wisdom, hidden ere now beneath the veil of glory and treasured within the tabernacle of His grace, may be made manifest unto you.“
-Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan
Fargo, USA
“… the growth and development of all beings proceeds by gradual degrees. This is the universal and divinely ordained law and the natural order. The seed does not suddenly become the tree; the embryo does not at once become the man; the mineral substance does not in a moment become the stone: No, all these grow and develop gradually until they attain the limit of perfection.”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions
Ladysmith, Canada
“Strain every nerve to acquire both inner and outer perfections, for the fruit of the human tree hath ever been and will ever be perfections both within and without. It is not desirable that a man be left without knowledge or skills, for he is then but a barren tree. Then, so much as capacity and capability allow, ye needs must deck the tree of being with fruits such as knowledge, wisdom, spiritual perception and eloquent speech.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, from a Tablet—translated from the Persian