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.
- Baha’u’llah (The Compilation of
Compilations, Vol. I, Excellence in All Things)
In the estimation of the people of Bahá man’s glory lieth in
his knowledge, his upright conduct, his praiseworthy character, his wisdom, and
not in his nationality or rank.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Words of Paradise’; Tablets
of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas)