The Divine Physician

The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy . . . The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require.

~Baha'u'llah

The Prophets of God should be regarded as physicians whose task it is to foster the well-being of the world and its peoples, that, through the spirit of oneness, they may heal the sickness of a divided humanity. To none is given the right to question their words or disparage their conduct, for they are the only ones who can claim to have understood the patient and to have correctly diagnosed its ailments. Little wonder, then, if the treatment prescribed by the physician in this day should not be found identical with that which he hath prescribed before.

~Baha'u'llah

Man can never hope to attain unto the knowledge of the All-Glorious unless and until he ceases to regard the words and deeds of mortal men as a standard for the true understanding and recognition of God and His Prophets.

~Baha'u'llah

Behold how contrary are the ways of the Manifestations of God, as ordained by the King of Creation, to the ways and desires of men!

~Baha'u'llah