Putnam, USA
“Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propositions before breakfast, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic, an ethical alchemy. If you behave in a certain way, you will be transformed.”
-Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
Brisbane, Australia
“Know thou, of a truth, that if the soul of man hath walked in the ways of God, it will, assuredly, return and be gathered to the glory of the Beloved.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Naperville, USA
It is getting too cold here to go outside with the babies…we miss seeing the world after so long indoors.
“O thou verdant plant of the Abhá Paradise! O thou tender sapling of the rose-garden of immortality!
Although thou art but a tiny creature in this world of existence, yet it is my earnest hope that thou wilt become great in the Kingdom of heaven. Although a mere child, yet praise be to God that through the strengthening power of faith and certitude thou art indeed as a grown-up and mature soul.”
-Abdu’l‑Bahá
Mt Lewis, Australia
“I yield Thee such thanks as can enable the Heavenly Dove to warble forth, upon the branches of the Lote-Tree of Immortality, her song: “Verily, Thou art God. No God is there besides Thee. From eternity Thou hast been exalted above the praise of aught else but Thee, and been high above the description of any one except Thyself.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh
Quadra Island,Canada
“Unification of the whole of mankind is the hallmark of the stage which human society is now approaching. Unity of family, of tribe, of city-state, and nation have been successively attempted and fully established. World unity is the goal towards which a harassed humanity is striving. Nation-building has come to an end. The anarchy inherent in state sovereignty is moving towards a climax. A world, growing to maturity, must abandon this fetish, recognize the oneness and wholeness of human relationships, and establish once for all the machinery that can best incarnate this fundamental principle of its life.”
-Universal House of Justice quoting Shoghi Effendi, October 1985