Baha I Quotes:

Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone.

source: "When a Thought of War Comes, Oppose It By a Stronger Thought of Peace: Baha’i Inspiration Amidst Disunity" by Homa Sabet Tavangar, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 25, 2014.

topic: Inspirational, Spiritual, Heart, Baha, Baha I

quote if you desire with all your heart friendship with every race on earth your thought spiritual abdu l baha Quotes

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.

topic: Uplifting, Art, Educational, Baha I

The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.

topic: Adversity, Friendly, Faces, Baha, Friendly Faces

Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.

source: "Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh edited and translated by Shoghi Effendi, 1935.

topic: Country, Peace, Kindness, Country Love, Patriotism And Nationalism

To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence. For knowledge is light, life, felicity, perfection, beauty and the means of approaching the Threshold of Unity. It is the honor and glory of the world of humanity, and the greatest bounty of God. Knowledge is identical with guidance, and ignorance is real error

source: "Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh, reference.bahai.org. 1978.

topic: Soul, Age, Needs, Baha, Baha I

When the heart is filled with love everything seems beautiful & delightful to us.

topic: Real, Ignorance, Mean, Light Life, Baha

To be a Baha'i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.

topic: Beautiful, Heart, Baha, Heart Filled, Baha I

Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heart and soul, shining brightly.

topic: Love, Religious, Peace, Baha, Baha I

Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.

topic: Strong, Grateful, Heart, Light And Dark, Baha I

A thought of #hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of #love.

topic: Educational, Men, Baha, Talismans, Baha I

Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material world, the supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms

topic: Powerful, Hatred, Baha, Powerful Thoughts, Baha I

I want you to be happy...to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you.

topic: Love, Unique, Law, Material World, Baha I

It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation.

topic: Order, Laughing, Baha, I Want You To Be Happy, Baha I

Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.

topic: Spiritual, Laughter, Laughing, Baha, Baha I

Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul. If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it... Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.

topic: Heart, Eye, Hands, Baha, Baha I

O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

topic: War, Heart, Light, Baha, Baha I

I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.

topic: Heart, Son, Baha, Baha I

The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show.

topic: Stars, Baha, Bigs, Baha I

When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions.

topic: Character, Tv Shows, Actors, Baha, Baha I

- Cass McCombs

source: Source: pitchfork.com

topic: Baha, Taught, Used, Baha I

I was doing great plays. It wasn't changing the world. I was getting good agents and doing film and TV and I wasn't happier. I was like "Wow, there is an unease inside of me." And that led me back on my kind of more spiritual path to the Baha'i faith in a new and fresher way and I came to also understand at that point that there was no difference between being devout and being an artist. There is no difference between creativity and spirituality and philosophy and that is what Soul Pancake, the book, it's about human expression and it's about seeking to transcend.

I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.

source: Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. November 11, 2010.

topic: Spiritual, Philosophy, Book, Baha, Baha I

I had read some books on the Baha'i Faith. I had read - I was looking into Buddhism and trying to understand sort of the agnostic approach, so there was just a bunch of stuff I was just looking at.

topic: Giving, Laughing, People, Baha, Baha I

- Mahershala Ali

topic: Book, Buddhism, Trying, Baha, Baha I

I was raised to think about philosophy and religious thought and the soul and the spirit of humankind in a different way, also really socially progressive teachings of the Baha'i faith, the equality of men and women, the elimination of racial prejudice, the equality of science and religion, so it was a big cauldron of big ideas in my household. And we were weird and unhappy family, but nonetheless that was a really positive thing that came out of it.