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... a compliment to the Baha'i Writings Service initiative started in 1997 by Denny and Marsha Rule of Sylvania, OH, and Auntie Mame of Toronto.

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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 12h
O ye friends of God! Be kind to all peoples and nations, have love for all of them, exert yourselves to purify the hearts as much as you can, and bestow abundant effort in rejoicing the souls. Be ye a sprinkling of rain to every meadow and a water of life to every tree. Abdu'l-Baha #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Far be it from us to despair at any time of the incalculable favors of God, for if it were His wish He could cause a mere atom to be transformed into a sun and a single drop into an ocean. He unlocketh thousands of doors… Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/325441402 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On this journey the wayfarer dwelleth in every abode, however humble, and resideth in every land. In every face he seeketh the beauty of the Friend; in every region he searcheth after the Beloved… Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/434940868 #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Take ye good heed lest this calamitous day slacken the flames of your ardor, and quench your tender hopes. Today is the day for steadfastness and constancy… ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Elections From the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 18 #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Know thou of a truth that the worlds of God are countless in their number, and infinite in their range. None can reckon or comprehend them except God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Bahá’u’lláh Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 152 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Freedom is not a matter of place. It is a condition. I was thankful for the prison, and the lack of liberty was very pleasing to me, for those days were passed in the path of service, under the utmost difficulties and trials, bearing fruits and results. Abdu'l-Baha Abdu'l-Baha in London #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
...material civilization is not adequate for the needs of mankind and cannot be the cause of its happiness. Material civilization is like the body and spiritual civilization is like the soul. Body without soul cannot live. Abdu'l-Baha Abdu'l-Baha in London, p. 29 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should other peoples and nations be unfaithful to you show your fidelity unto them, should they be unjust toward you show justice towards them… Such are the attributes of the sincere! Such are the attributes of the truthful. 'Abdu'l-Bahá Baha'i World Faith, p. 445 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The investigation of truth will assuredly remove all imitations. When blind imitations are eliminated, the oneness of humankind will be revealed, and it will become evident that true religion is the cause of fellowship and unity amongst the people… ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/803759149 #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
…their agitation was turned into peace, their doubt into certitude, their timidity into courage. Such is the potency of the Divine Elixir, which, swift as the twinkling of an eye, transmuteth the souls of men! Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/635696735 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The sea of the unity of mankind is lifting up its waves with joy, for there is real communication between the hearts and minds of men. The banner of the Holy Spirit is uplifted, and men see it, and are assured with the knowledge that this is a new day. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Breathe ye into the world's worn and wasted body the fresh breath of life, and in the furrows of every region sow ye holy seed. Rise up to champion this Cause; open your lips and teach. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Selections From the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 271 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Sun of Truth hath risen to illumine the whole earth, and to spiritualize the community of man. Laudable are the results and the fruits thereof, abundant the holy evidences deriving from this grace. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/508000804 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Be unrestrained as the wind, while carrying the Message of Him Who hath caused the Dawn of Divine Guidance to break. Bahá’u’lláh Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/467394885 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Man’s merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches... Dissipate not the wealth of your precious lives in the pursuit of evil and corrupt affection, nor let your endeavours be spent in promoting your personal interest. Bahá’u’lláh #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The principle of the Oneness of Mankind … implies an organic change in the structure of present-day society, a change such as the world has not yet experienced… Shoghi Effendi The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/264008982 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
O loved ones of God! The lamp of the Covenant is the light of the world, and its reality the gift of splendour; the star of the Testament is a shining moon, and the words traced by the Pen of the Most High a limitless ocean. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/752598828 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Blessed are the learned that pride not themselves on their attainments; and well is it with the righteous that mock not the sinful, but rather conceal their misdeeds, so that their own shortcomings may remain veiled to men's eyes. Bahá’u’lláh Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 314
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Now is the time to cheer and refresh the down-cast through the invigorating breeze of love and fellowship, and the living waters of friendliness and charity Bahá’u’lláh Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 6 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
... be as refreshing water to the thirsty, and to the sick a swift remedy, a healing balm to those in pain and a solace to every burdened heart. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá’í Sacred Writings) www.bahai.org/r/654974327 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
... when you meet those whose opinions differ from your own, do not turn away your face from them. All are seeking truth, and there are many roads leading thereto. Truth has many aspects, but it remains always and forever one. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/219139144 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
... consider how much marvelous notes or a charming song influence the spirits! A wonderful song giveth wings to the spirit and filleth the heart with exaltation.... ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/873654407 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
O Son of Spirit! My claim on thee is great, it cannot be forgotten. My grace to thee is plenteous, it cannot be veiled. My love hath made in thee its home, it cannot be concealed. My light is manifest to thee, it cannot be obscured. Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/719912196 #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
…As the compassionate Lord has crowned the head of man with such a refulgent diadem, we must strive that its luminous gems may cast their light upon the whole world. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá Some Answered Questions, no. 15. www.bahai.org/r/136696951 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto the realm on high; make it not, therefore, as wings to self and passion. Bahá’u’lláh The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 38 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Word is the master key for the whole world, inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men, which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked. Baha’u’llah Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 172. #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
... do all in your power to be as one, to live in peace, each with the others: for ye are all the drops from but one ocean, the foliage of one tree, the pearls from a single shell, the flowers and sweet herbs from the same one garden. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. Bahá’u’lláh Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/487380847 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
... all the existing sciences and crafts, all the great undertakings and myriad discoveries of man were at one time hidden and concealed mysteries, and it is that all-encompassing human power that has discovered them… ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/104810918 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
May your hearts become clear and pure like unto polished mirrors in which may be reflected the full glory of the Sun of Truth. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Paris Talks, p. 95. www.bahai.org/r/607728620 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For man two wings are necessary. One wing is physical power and material civilization; the other is spiritual power and divine civilization. With one wing only, flight is impossible. Two wings are essential… Abdu’l‑Baha The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 16 www.bahai.org/r/202957535 #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
God made religion and science to be the measure, as it were, of our understanding. Take heed that you neglect not such a wonderful power. Weigh all things in this balance. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Paris Talks, p. 145 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
No matter how far the material world advances, it cannot establish the happiness of mankind. Only when material and spiritual civilization are linked and coordinated will happiness be assured. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 109 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
O Emigrants! The tongue I have designed for the mention of Me, defile it not with detraction. If the fire of self overcome you, remember your own faults and not the faults of My creatures, inasmuch as every one of you knoweth his own self better than he knoweth others. Bahá’u’lláh #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The science of medicine is still in its infancy and has not yet reached maturity. But when it reaches that stage, treatments will be administered with things that are not repulsive to the senses of taste and smell… ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá Some Answered Questions www.bahai.org/r/373919326 #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As for the mind, it is the power of the human spirit… The mind is the perfection of the spirit and a necessary attribute thereof, even as the rays of the sun are an essential requirement of the sun itself. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/152204731 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
All who stand up in the cause of God will be persecuted and misunderstood. It hath ever been so, and will ever be. Let neither enemy nor friend disturb your composure, destroy your happiness, deter your accomplishment. Rely wholly upon God… ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/147161185 #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We are waves of one sea, grass of the same meadow, stars in the same heaven; and we find shelter in the universal divine Protector. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá The Promulgation of Universal Peace, no. 62. www.bahai.org/r/529704265 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In order to find truth we must give up our prejudices, our own small trivial notions; an open receptive mind is essential. If our chalice is full of self, there is no room in it for the water of life. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Paris Talks, p. 136 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He who expresses an opinion should not voice it as correct and right but set it forth as a contribution to the consensus of opinion, for the light of reality becomes apparent when two opinions coincide. A spark is produced when flint and steel come together. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It is therefore clear and evident that the trials endured in the path of the Friend are the ardent desire of such as are nigh unto Him… Though to outward seeming they are poison, in reality they are pure honey. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá Light of the World www.bahai.org/r/657734487 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquote
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I say unto you: weigh carefully in the balance of reason and science everything that is presented to you as religion. If it passes this test, then accept it, for it is truth! If, however, it does not so conform, then reject it, for it is ignorance! ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá Paris Talks #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Spread abroad the sweet savors of thy Lord, and hesitate not, though it be for less than a moment, in the service of His Cause. The day is approaching when the victory of thy Lord, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful, will be proclaimed. Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/295086460 #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Abandon the things current amongst you and adopt that which the faithful Counsellor biddeth you. Deprive not yourselves of the bounties which have been created for your sake. Bahá’u’lláh Bahá’í Sacred Writings, part I, no. 7, para. 29.21. www.bahai.org/r/222318237 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Discord deprives humanity of the eternal favors of God; therefore, we must forget all imaginary causes of difference and seek the very fundamentals of the divine religions in order that we may associate in perfect love and accord… ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/053847659 #bahai #bahaifaith
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My home is the home of peace. My home is the home of joy and delight. My home is the home of laughter and exultation. Whomsoever enters through the portals of this home, must go out with gladsome heart. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Star of the West, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 40 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Rejoice and be glad that this day has dawned, try to realize its power, for it is indeed wonderful! God has crowned you with honour and in your hearts has He set a radiant star; verily the light thereof shall brighten the whole world! ‘Abdu’l-Bahá #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Arise, then, and make steadfast your feet, and make ye amends for that which hath escaped you, and set then yourselves towards His holy Court, on the shore of His mighty Ocean, so that the pearls of knowledge and wisdom… may be revealed unto you. Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/250036745 #bahai
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
O God! O God! Thou seest my weakness, lowliness and humility before Thy creatures; nevertheless, I have trusted in Thee and have arisen in the promotion of Thy teachings among Thy strong servants, relying on Thy power and might. Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/061521122 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes
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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If we are true Bahá’ís speech is not needed. Our actions will help on the world, will spread civilization, will help the progress of science, and cause the arts to develop… ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/762757133 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes #quotes
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