WORDS OF Bahá’u’lláh

 

"O Friend, the heart is the dwelling of eternal mysteries, make it not the home of fleeting fancies; waste not the treasures of thy precious life in employment with this swiftly passing world. Thou comest from the world of holiness - bind not thine heart to the earth; thou art a dweller in the court of nearness - choose not the homeland of dust"  

 

...Let each morn be better than its eve and each morrow richer than its yesterday.  Man's merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches....Guard against idleness and sloth, and cling unto that which profiteth mankind, whether young or old, whether high or low.

 

O MY SERVANT!

Free thyself from the fetters of this world, and loose thy soul from the prison of self.  Seize thy chance, for it will come to thee no more.

 

The essence of all that We have revealed for thee is Justice, is for man to free himself from idle fancy and imitation, discern with the eye of oneness His glorious handiwork, and look into all things with a searching eye.

 

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.  It is not desirable that a man be left without knowledge or skills, for he is then but a barren tree.  Then, so much as capacity and capability allow, ye needs must deck the tree of being with fruits such as knowledge, wisdom, spiritual perception and eloquent speech.

 

The essence of true safety is to observe silence, to look at the end of things and to renounce the world.

 

 

 

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