" ... I have planted in the holy garden of paradise the young tree of your love and friendship ..."

"O DWELLERS OF MY PARADISE! 
With the hands of loving-kindness I have planted in the holy garden of paradise the young tree of your love and friendship, and have watered it with the goodly showers of My tender grace; now that the hour of its fruiting is come, strive that it may be protected, and be not consumed with the flame of desire and passion."

~Bahá'u'lláh

" ... kindle within your hearts the everlasting torch of divine guidance."

"O MY FRIENDS! 

Quench ye the lamp of error, and kindle within your hearts the everlasting torch of divine guidance. For ere long the assayers of mankind shall, in the holy presence of the Adored, accept naught but purest virtue and deeds of stainless holiness."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of thy heart ..."

"O MY BROTHER! 
Hearken to the delightsome words of My honeyed tongue, and quaff the stream of mystic holiness from My sugar-shedding lips. Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of thy heart, and water them with the water of certitude, that the hyacinths of My knowledge and wisdom may spring up fresh and green in the sacred city of thy heart."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"Make My love thy treasure and cherish it even as thy very sight and life."

"O BEFRIENDED STRANGER! 
The candle of thine heart is lighted by the hand of My power, quench it not with the contrary winds of self and passion. The healer of all thine ills is remembrance of Me, forget it not. Make My love thy treasure and cherish it even as thy very sight and life."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"Out of My loving-kindness, ’neath the shade of My mercy I nurtured thee ..."

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"O SON OF BOUNTY! 
Out of the wastes of nothingness, with the clay of My command I made thee to appear, and have ordained for thy training every atom in existence and the essence of all created things. Thus, ere thou didst issue from thy mother’s womb, I destined for thee two founts of gleaming milk, eyes to watch over thee, and hearts to love thee. Out of My loving-kindness, ’neath the shade of My mercy I nurtured thee, and guarded thee by the essence of My grace and favor. And My purpose in all this was that thou mightest attain My everlasting dominion and become worthy of My invisible bestowals. And yet heedless thou didst remain, and when fully grown, thou didst neglect all My bounties and occupied thyself with thine idle imaginings, in such wise that thou didst become wholly forgetful, and, turning away from the portals of the Friend didst abide within the courts of My enemy."

~Bahá'u'lláh

"All that is in heaven and earth I have ordained for thee, except the human heart ..."

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"O SON OF DUST! 
All that is in heaven and earth I have ordained for thee, except the human heart, which I have made the habitation of My beauty and glory; yet thou didst give My home and dwelling to another than Me; and whenever the manifestation of My holiness sought His own abode, a stranger found He there, and, homeless, hastened unto the sanctuary of the Beloved. Notwithstanding I have concealed thy secret and desired not thy shame."

~Bahá'u''lláh

"Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt and rise to the exalted heights of certainty."

"O FLEETING SHADOW! 
Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt and rise to the exalted heights of certainty. Open the eye of truth, that thou mayest behold the veilless Beauty and exclaim: Hallowed be the Lord, the most excellent of all creators!"

~Bahá'u'lláh