Aims and ambitions of Bahá'ís
- Pity and good-will towards all mankind.
- The rendering of service to humanity.
- To guide and enlighten hearts.
- Each member must try to be kind to everyone and to show
forth great affection towards every living soul.
- Humility towards God and constant prayer to Him so as to be
enabled to grow daily "Nearer God".
- Always in every word and action to be faithful and sincere,
so that each member may be known to the world as embodying the qualities of
Sincerity, Faith, Kindness, Love, Generosity and Bravery. That we may be detached from all that is not
God, attracted by the Heavenly Breath, divine beings - so that the world may know
that a Bahá'í is a perfect being.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Notes of the words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, 6 November
1911, Paris, France: compilation: ‘Discourses of ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London and
Paris’; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 19, March 2, 1912)
