For what pleasure can compare the pleasure of bringing joy and hope to other hearts. The more we make others happy the greater will be our own happiness and the deeper our sense of having served humanity.
Shoghi EffendiThe more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for God, and to serve our fellow-men, the more profoundly will we become acquainted with ourselves, and the more inwardly assured. This is one of the great spiritual laws of life.
Shoghi EffendiThe troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls.
Shoghi EffendiThe unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahรก'u'llรกh, implies the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations, races, creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and in which the autonomy of its state members and the personal freedom and initiative of the individuals that compose them are definitely and completely safeguarded.
Shoghi EffendiLove & kindness have far greater influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character.
Shoghi EffendiThe Revelation of the Bรกb may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiacโthe sign Ariesโwhich the sun enters at the vernal equinox. The station of Bahรกโuโllรกh's Revelation, on the other hand, is represented by the sign Leo, the sun's midsummer and highest station. By this is meant that this holy Dispensation is illumined with the light of the Sun of Truth shining from its most exalted station, and in the plenitude of its resplendency, its heat and glory.
Shoghi Effendi