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)

Love

Love is heaven's kindly light, the Holy Spirit's eternal breath that vivifieth the human soul. 

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

Purpose of our creation

The purpose of the creation of man is the attainment of the supreme virtues of humanity through descent of the heavenly bestowals. 

- 'Abdu'l-Baha  (From a talk, 'The Promulgation of Universal Peace')

Attributes to show

The companions of God… must show forth such trustworthiness, such truthfulness and perseverance, such deeds and character that all mankind may profit by their example. 

- Baha’u’llah  (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Advent of Divine Justice’)

Turning one's heart to the Manifestation of God

It behoveth every man to blot out the trace of every idle word from the tablet of his heart, and to gaze, with an open and unbiased mind, on the signs of His Revelation, the proofs of His Mission, and the tokens of His glory. 

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

Education and training of children

Among the greatest of all services that can possibly be rendered by man to Almighty God is the education and training of children...

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

Each human being is a “lamp” of God

O Son of Being! Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee. Get thou from it thy radiance and seek none other than Me. 

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

One's vision

O Man of Two Visions! Close one eye and open the other. Close one to the world and all that is therein, and open the other to the hallowed beauty of the Beloved.

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

The effect of "pure and goodly deeds"

The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds, through commendable and seemly conduct.

- Baha’u’llah  (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Advent of Divine Justice’)