"Our past is not the thing that matters……" — Shoghi Effendi
"Our past is not the thing that matters so much in this world as what we intend to do with the future."
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15 Quotes by Shoghi Effendi
Shoghi Effendi has 15 quotes on this site.
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The more we search for ourselves, the less likely we are to find ourselves; and the more we search for…
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The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh, implies the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all…
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It is not preaching any rules the world wants, but love and action.
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The Revelation of the Báb may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac—the sign…
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We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say that once one of these is reformed…
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We must be like the fountain or spring that is continually emptying itself of all that it has and is…
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The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls, so…
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It is not sufficient to pray diligently for guidance, but this prayer must be followed by meditation as to the…
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Love & kindness have far greater influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character.
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We must not only be patient with others, infinitely patient, but also with our own poor selves.
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For what pleasure can compare the pleasure of bringing joy and hope to other hearts. The more we make others…
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Bahá'u'lláh is not the Intermediary between other Manifestations and God. Each has His own relation to the Primal Source. But…
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this…
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The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the…
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of…
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People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly…
— David Attenborough
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As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
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