Love of God and “love of Him Who is the Manifestation of His Essence”

That which beseemeth you is the love of God, and the love of Him Who is the Manifestation of His Essence, and the observance of whatsoever He chooseth to prescribe unto you, did ye but know it. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)

True consultation

...true consultation is spiritual conference in the attitude and atmosphere of love. 

- 'Abdu'l-Baha  ('The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912'; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. III, Issues Concerning Community Functioning)

“Love is light that guideth in darkness”

Love is the light that guideth in darkness, the living link that uniteth God with man, that assureth the progress of every illumined soul. 

- 'Abdu'l-Baha  ('Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha')

“close your eyes to the deficiencies of other souls”

Let your thoughts dwell on your own spiritual development, and close your eyes to the deficiencies of other souls. Act ye in such wise, showing forth pure and goodly deeds, and modesty and humility, that ye will cause others to be awakened." 

- ‘Abdu'l-Baha  (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu'l-Baha’)

“The essence of religion”

The essence of religion is to testify unto that which the Lord hath revealed, and follow that which He hath ordained in His mighty Book. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)

“The essence of wisdom”

The essence of wisdom is the fear of God, the dread of His scourge and punishment, and the apprehension of His justice and decree. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)

"The source of all good”

The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure.

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)

“Love is light…enmity is darkness”

Love is light in whatsoever house it may shine and enmity is darkness in whatsoever abode it dwell. 

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (From a Tablet, Star of the West, vol. 11, no. 8, August 1, 1920)

Our actions

Today the friends of God must appear in such wise among God’s servants that by their actions they may lead all unto the pleasure of the Lord of Glory. 

- Baha’u’llah  (From a Tablet, Baha’i News no. 48, February 1931)

This “Day”

This is the Day whereon naught can be seen except the splendours of the Light that shineth from the face of Thy Lord, the Gracious, the Most Bountiful.

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Days of Remembrance’)

Kindliness & mercy

Look not upon the creatures of God except with the eye of kindliness and of mercy…

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Days of Remembrance’)

No hate or malice

Illumine and hallow your hearts; let them not be profaned by the thorns of hate or the thistles of malice. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh’)

Friendship with others

Blessed is he who mingleth with all men in a spirit of utmost kindliness and love. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh’)

“face is the mirror of the heart”

When the heart hath become clear and pure then the face will become illuminated, because the face is the mirror of the heart. 

- ‘Abdu'l-Baha  (Tablets of ‘Abdu'l-Baha vol.2)

Reliance on the Holy Spirit

Do not look at your weakness, nay, rely upon the confirmation of the Holy Spirit. 
- ‘Abdu'l-Baha  (Tablets of ‘Abdu'l-Baha vol. 2)

How to “perceive the sweet accents” of the Word of God

O My brother! Sanctify thy heart, illumine thy soul, and sharpen thy sight, that thou mayest perceive the sweet accents of the Birds of Heaven 

- Baha'u'llah  (‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’)

Not to busy oneself with own concerns

Do not busy yourselves in your own concerns; let your thoughts be fixed upon that which will rehabilitate the fortunes of mankind and sanctify the hearts and souls of men. 
- Baha'u'llah  (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah’)

Need to “sanctify” one’s heart

O Son of Being! Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent.

- Baha’u’llah  (‘The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah’)

How to treat others

Lay not on any soul a load which ye would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things ye would not desire for yourselves. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)

Cleansing one’s “temple of being”

O Son of Man! The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of all things, that there I may be established and there I may abide. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah’)

Preventing sadness enter one’s heart

When your heart is filled with the love of God there will be no room for sorrow. There will only be love and happiness.  

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (Words of 'Abdu'l-Baha recorded by Mrs. Crockett; Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 9, August 20, 1910)

“Mental faculties” are “inherent properties of the soul”

…concerning mental faculties, they are in truth of the inherent properties of the soul, even as the radiation of light is the essential property of the sun.  

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (‘Tablet to August Forel’)

To “play nobly our part”

…if we rise to play nobly our part every deficiency in our lives will be more than compensated by the all-conquering spirit of His grace and power.  

- Shoghi Effendi  (Excerpt from a letter dated 3 June 1925 to Bahá'í Convention, ‘Bahá'í Administration’)

The religion of God and His divine law

The religion of God and His divine law are the most potent instruments and the surest of all means for the dawning of the light of unity amongst men. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)

The Báb

I am the Flame of that supernal Light that glowed upon Sinai in the gladsome Spot, and lay concealed in the midst of the Burning Bush. 

- The Báb  (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb’)

Baha’u’llah

This is the One Whom the heart of the world remembereth, and is promised in the Books of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. 

- Baha'u'llah  (Tablet to Czar Alexander II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)

Baha’u’llah

The True One is come! He indeed is the beloved of the worlds! 

- Baha'u'llah  (Tablet to Czar Alexander II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)

Obligatory Prayers

The Obligatory Prayers are binding inasmuch as they are conducive to humility and submissiveness, to setting one's face towards God and expressing devotion to Him. 

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice; The American Baha’i September 2000)

Forgiveness and mercy

…let your adorning be forgiveness and mercy and that which cheereth the hearts of the well-favoured of God. 

- Baha’u’llah  (‘Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; compilation: ‘Unlocking the Power of Action’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)

A “consecrated soul”

One consecrated soul is preferable to a thousand other souls. 

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (‘Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Consultation)