Some Bahá'í 
Writings on Unity


"This earth is one household and 
the native land of all humanity; 
therefore, the human race should 
ignore distinctions and boundaries 
which are artificial and conducive 
to disagreement and hostility."
             — 'Abdu'l-Bahá:  Promulgation of Universal Peace, page 118

"The Tabernacle of Unity," Bahá'u'lláh proclaims in His message to all 
mankind, "has been raised; regard 
ye not one another as strangers….  Of one tree are all ye the fruit and of 
one bough the leaves….  "That one
 indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire 
human race."  

"The Great Being saith:  Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote 
the best interests of the peoples and 
kindreds of the earth.  In another passage He hath proclaimed:  It is not 
for him to pride himself who loveth
his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world.  The 
earth is but one country, and mankind 
its citizens." 
— Bahá'u'lláh:  Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh,  pages 167-168

"Consider the flowers of a garden.  Though differing in kind, color, form 
and shape, yet, inasmuch as they are
refreshed by the waters of one spring, revived by the breath of one wind, 
invigorated by the rays of one sun,
this diversity increaseth their beauty."
— Shoghi Effendi:  World Order of Bahá'u'lláh,  Pages: 41-42

"Note ye how easily, where unity existeth in a given family, the affairs of 
that family are conducted; what
progress the members of that family make, how they prosper in the world.  
Their concerns are in order, they
enjoy comfort and tranquility, they are secure, their position is assured, 
they come to be envied by all.  Such a 
family but addeth to its stature and its lasting honour, as day succeedeth 
day."
	
 "And if we widen out the sphere of unity a little to include the inhabitants 
of a village who seek to be loving 
and united, who associate with and are kind to one another, what great 
advances they will be seen to make, 
how secure and protected they will be.  

Then let us widen out the sphere a little more, let us take the inhabitants 
of a city, all of them together: if they 
establish the strongest bonds of unity among themselves, how far they 
will progress, even in a brief period, 
and what power they will exert.  

And if the sphere of unity be still further widened out, that is, if the 
inhabitants of a whole country develop
peaceable hearts, and if with all their hearts and souls they yearn to 
cooperate with one another and to live in 
unity, and if they become kind and loving to one another, that country 
will achieve undying joy and lasting glory.  
Peace will it have, and plenty, and vast wealth."
— 'Abdu'l-Bahá:  Selections… 'Abdu'l-Bahá,  pages: 279-280

'When the people of the future are asked,  "To which nationality do you 
belong?" the answer will be, "To the
nationality of humanity.  I belong to the army of the Most Great Peace."  
The People of the future will not say, 
"I belong to the nation of England, France or Persia"; for all of them will 
be citizens of a universal nationality – 
the one family, the one country, the one world of humanity – and then 
these wars, hatreds and strifes will pass away."
— 'Abdu'l-Bahá:  Promulgation of Universal Peace, page 19

"I in the East, and you in the West, let us try with heart and soul that unity 
may dwell in the world, that all the 
peoples may become one people, and that the whole surface of the earth 
may be like one country – for the sun 
of Truth shines on all alike.
All the Prophets of God came for love of this one great aim."
— 'Abdu'l-Bahá :  Paris Talks,  page 170

"We work and pray for the unity of mankind, that all the races of the earth 
may become one race, all the
 countries one country, and that all hearts may beat as one heart, working 
together for perfect unity and
brotherhood."
— 'Abdu'l-Bahá:  Paris Talks, Pages 99-100