21 July | p.m

That which is praiseworthy in these days is the promotion of the Cause. For instance if those people who pursue certain aims were to dedicate themselves to the teaching of the Cause, all the dwellers of those regions would, ere long, be invested with the mantle of faith.

- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 198

16 July | a.m

The true seeker hunteth naught but the object of his quest, and the lover hath no desire save union with his beloved. Nor shall the seeker reach his goal unless he sacrifice all things. That is, whatever he hath seen, and heard, and understood, all must he set at naught, that he may enter the realm of the spirit, which is the City of God.

- Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys, p. 7

Thou seest me in this day shut up in my prison, and fallen into the hands of Thine adversaries, and beholdest my son (The Purest Branch) lying on the dust before Thy face.…Thereupon I offered him up, O my God, as a sacrifice in Thy path.

- Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 34

15 July | p.m

O SON OF MAN!

By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood is greater in My sight than the creation of the universe and the light of both worlds. Strive then to attain this, O servant!

- Baha'u'llah, The Arabic Hidden Words

15 July | a.m

For the head raised up in the love of God will certainly fall by the sword, and the life that is kindled with longing will surely be sacrificed, and the heart which remembereth the Loved One will surely brim with blood. How well is it said:

Live free of love, for its very peace is anguish;

Its beginning is pain, its end is death.

[Arabian poem.]

- Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys, p. 41

14 July | p.m

Doth not the testimony of these holy souls, who have so gloriously risen to offer up their lives for their Beloved that the whole world marveled at the manner of their sacrifice, suffice the people of this day?

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 180

9 July | a.m

The ninth Ishraq

It is incumbent upon everyone to firmly adhere to and observe that which hath streamed forth from Our Most Exalted Pen. God, the True One, beareth Me witness, and every atom in existence is moved to testify that such means as lead to the elevation, the advancement, the education, the protection and the regeneration of the peoples of the earth have been clearly set forth by Us and are revealed in the Holy Books and Tablets by the Pen of Glory.

- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 128

8 July | p.m

The ninth Ishraq

We call upon the manifestations of the power of God - the sovereigns and rulers on earth - to bestir themselves and do all in their power that haply they may banish discord from this world and illumine it with the light of concord.

- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 128