"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth"
-Baháʼu'lláh
Oneness of Religion
Religion is renewed periodically with the coming of subsequent Divine Messengers when necessary, as deemed by God.
Oneness of Humanity
"The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord."
-ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Equality of Gender
"The world of humanity has two wings: one is women and the other men. Not until both wings are equally developed can the bird fly. Should one wing remain weak, flight is impossible."
-ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Independent Investigation of Truth
"...every individual member of humankind is exhorted and commanded to set aside superstitions, beliefs, traditions and blind imitation of ancestral forms in religion and investigate reality for himself."
-ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Universal Peace
"The wellbeing of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established."
-Baháʼu'lláh