Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, page 129.

Bahá’u’lláh, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, pages 202–203.

Bahá’u’lláh, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, page 84.

Gleanings, section CXXXII.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1990), page 96.

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 1997), page 256.

Bahá’u’lláh, from a previously untranslated Tablet.

Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944), page 25.

Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, paragraph 213.

Gleanings, section VII.