On liars and tyrants

...It is not advisable to show kindness to a person 
who is a tyrant, a traitor or a thief because kindness 
encourages him to become worse and does not 
awaken him. The more kindness you show to a liar 
the more he is apt to lie, for he thinks that you know 
not, while you do know, but extreme kindness keeps 
you from revealing your knowledge.
 
 
Abdu'l-Baha
  Baha'i World Faith
  p. 412

Riches

Par les explications que nous avons déjà données, nous avons voulu montrer que la gloire, le bonheur, l'honneur et la paix de l'homme ne consistent pas dans ses richesses personnelles mais plutôt dans la sublimation de son âme, la noblesse de ses intentions, l'étendue de son éducation et dans la solution qu'il adopte devant les problèmes de la vie.

En vérité c'est dans les âmes des hommes que se trouve leur seule gloire.

Baha'u'llah : L'Art divin de vivre

ALTHOUGH the Realm of Glory hath none of the vanities of the world, yet within the treasury of trust and resignation We have bequeathed to Our heirs an excellent and priceless Heritage. Earthly treasures We have not bequeathed, nor have We added such cares as they entail. By God! In earthly riches fear is hidden and peril is concealed. Consider ye and call to mind that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’án: ‘Woe betide every slanderer and defamer, him that layeth up riches and counteth them.’ 1 Fleeting are the riches of the world; all that perisheth and changeth is not, and hath never been, worthy of attention, except to a recognized measure.

(Baha'u'llah, The Book of the Covenant, in Tablets Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, p 912)