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Striving for excellence

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)

One’s glory

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)

Human soul

The soul of man is the sun by which his body is illumined… 
- Baha’u’llah  (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)

Involvement in the society

Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements. 
- Baha’u’llah  (‘The Tabernacle of Unity’)