upright, kind, intelligent, truthful, and honest

"...we should become a new kind of people, people who are upright, kind, intelligent, truthful, and honest and who live according to His great laws laid down for this new epoch in man's development. To call ourselves Bahá'ís is not enough, our inmost being must become ennobled and enlightened through living a Bahá'í life."

    (Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol II, p. 13)



...que nous devenions une nouvelle espèce d'hommes, intègres, aimables, intelligents, véridiques, honnêtes, et vivant selon ses grandes lois instituées pour cette nouvelle époque du développement de l'être humain. Nous dénommer baha'is n'est pas suffisant ; il faut que notre être intime s'ennoblisse et s'illumine par la pratique d'une vie baha'ie.
(Shoghi Effendi, dans "Excellence en toutes choses", p. 18.)

The sword of a virtuous character and upright conduct is sharper than blades of steel.

"Say, O friends! Strive that haply the tribulations suffered by this Wronged One and by you, in the path of God, may not prove to have been in vain. Cling ye to the hem of virtue, and hold fast to the cord of trustworthiness and piety. Concern yourselves with the things that benefit mankind, and not with your corrupt and selfish desires. O ye followers of this Wronged One! Ye are the shepherds of mankind; liberate ye your flocks from the wolves of evil passions and desires, and adorn them with the ornament of the fear of God. This is the firm commandment which hath, at this moment, flowed out from the Pen of Him Who is the Ancient of Days. By the righteousness of God! The sword of a virtuous character and upright conduct is sharper than blades of steel. The voice of the true Faith calleth aloud, at this moment, and saith: O people! Verily, the Day is come, and My Lord hath made Me to shine forth with a light whose splendor hath eclipsed the suns of utterance. Fear ye the Merciful, and be not of them that have gone astray." 

(Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, page 29)

(Another brilliant quote from Colin. Thanks!) 

So once more the Blessed Beauty calls us to care about what is around us, to be sensitive to others, to give the best of ourselves--to give what we often don't know we have--and make the world a better place with our passing.