Qawl (Speech) 175 B.E.

Chicago, USA

“In these times thanksgiving for the bounty of the Merciful One consists in the illumination of the heart and the feeling of the soul. This is the reality of thanksgiving. But, although offering thanks through speech or writings is approvable, yet, in comparison with that, it is but unreal, for the foundation is spiritual feelings and merciful sentiments.”
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
-Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

Fargo, USA

As to the fundamentals of teaching the Faith: know thou that delivering the Message can be accomplished only through goodly deeds and spiritual attributes, an utterance that is crystal clear and the happiness reflected from the face of that one who is expounding the Teachings.
~ ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá , Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá