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If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of Thy grace, that the

gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend me into conformity with Thy pleasure, in

such wise that my movement and my stillness may be wholly directed by Thee.

Bahá’u’lláh

The primary purpose, the basic objective, in laying down powerful laws and setting up great

principles and institutions dealing with every aspect of civilization, is human happiness; and

human happiness consists only in drawing closer to the Threshold of Almighty God, and in

securing the peace and well-being of every individual member, high and low alike, of the

human race; and the supreme agencies for accomplishing these two objectives are the excellent

qualities with which humanity has been endowed.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The establishment of Divine Civilization is, in the words of the Guardian, “the primary

mission of the Bahá’í Faith”. It is to be built upon the most foundational qualities, ones for

which the world stands in great need: unity, trustworthiness, mutual support, collaboration,

fellow feeling, sel essness, commitment to truth, a sense of responsibility, a thirst to learn, the

love of an all-embracing heart.

The Universal House of Justice