Darkness hath enveloped most of the peoples: Where is the brightness of Thy splendor, O Radiance of the worlds? (Bahá’u’lláh)// Grieve thou not...This is but the early dawn (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)//Lament not because of the wicked. Thou wert created to bear and endure, O Patience of the worlds.(Bahá’u’lláh)//My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy (Bahá’u’lláh)
That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service, of the entire human race (Bahá’u’lláh)
If we are lovers of the light, we adore it in whatever lamp it may become manifest, but if we love the lamp itself and the light is transferred to another lamp, we will neither accept nor sanction it. Therefore, we must follow and adore the virtues revealed in the Messengers of God—whether in Abraham, Moses,Jesus or other Prophets—but we must not adhere to and adore the lamp…we are lovers of sunlight and not of orientation. We are lovers of illumination and not of lamps and candles (Bahá’u’lláh)//The essence of Bahá’u’lláh’s Teaching is all-embracing love, for love includeth every excellence of humankind. It causeth every soul to go forward. It bestoweth on each one, for a heritage, immortal life. Erelong shalt thou bear witness that His celestial Teachings, the very glory of reality itself, shall light up the skies of the world."‘(Abdu’l-Bahá)
love is the main thing...love is the ground of all things 'Abdu'l-Baha
