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O SON OF MAN! If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and if thou seekest My pleasure, regard not thine own; that thou mayest die in Me and I may eternally live in thee.

Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic Hidden Words #7

O SON OF SPIRIT!
I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself?
Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I molded thee, how dost thou busy thyself with another?
Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting.

Bahá’u’lláh, The Arabic Hidden Words #13

...Should your names fade from every mortal mind, and yet God be well pleased with you, ye will indeed be numbered among the treasures of His name, the Most Hidden.

Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts

I seek patience only in God. Verily He is the best protector and the best helper. No refuge do I seek save God. Verily He is the guardian and the best supporter...
I swear by the glory of God, My Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, He assuredly, as is divinely ordained, will make His Cause shine resplendent, while there will be no helper for the unjust…
Verily I seek patience only in God, and Him do I regard as the goal of My desire.

The Báb,
Selections from the Writings of the Báb

Love setteth a world aflame at every turn, and he wasteth every land where he carrieth his banner. Being hath no existence in his kingdom; the wise wield no command within his realm. ...be burned away at the fire of love, that the spirit may be purified and cleansed and thus may know the station of the Lord of the Worlds.
Kindle the fire of love and burn away all things, Then set thy foot into the land of the lovers.

Bahá’u’lláh, The Seven Valleys

And this is the promised time for the attainment of plenteous grace.
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.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

O SON OF MAN!
My eternity is My creation, I have created it for thee.
Make it the garment of thy temple.
My unity is My handiwork;
I have wrought it for thee;
clothe thyself therewith, that thou mayest be to all eternity the revelation of My everlasting being.

Bahá’u’lláh,
The Arabic Hidden Words #64

...in this garden of God, lift up your voices and sing the blissful anthems of the spirit.
Become ye as the birds who offer Him their thanks, and in the blossoming bowers of life chant ye such melodies as will dazzle the minds of those who know.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá,
Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

And now I give you a commandment which shall be for a covenant between you and Me - that ye have faith;
that your faith be steadfast as a rock that no storms can move, that nothing can disturb, and that it endure through all things even to the end… As ye have faith so shall your powers and blessings be.
This is the balance -
this is the balance -
this is the balance.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
An Early Pilgrimage