The Baha'i Community believes that there is a wholeness to the human race (126:1)

Just as in the human body, where different cells and organs perform different functions but are necessary for the life and health of the whole and receive reciprocal benefits from one another, so also in the body of humanity the different peoples of the world - with their different capacities, different susceptibilities, different aspirations - have been destined to serve in various but completely complimentary ways to effect the purpose of God for this day. Each of us is to play our part, according to our God-given talents, in the fullness of life on the planet for the advancement of civilization. Every creature has a place in God's Kingdom on earth (126:2)

BAHA'U'LLAH WRITES:-
All men have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization. The Almighty beareth Me witness: To act like the beasts of the field is unworthy of man. Those virtues that befit his dignity are forbearance, mercy, compassion and loving-kindness towards all the peoples and kindreds of the earth. Say: O friends! Drink your fill from this crystal stream that floweth through the heavenly grace of Him Who is the Lord of Names. Let others partake of its waters in My name, that the leaders of men in every land may fully recognize the purpose for which the Eternal Truth hath been revealed, and the reason for which they themselves have been created. Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 215 (126:3)

The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements. Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 213 (126:4)

The unity of the Baha'i community has been preserved throughout its century and a half history primarily by two things: a Center of authority to which the believers have turned for guidance, and the adherence to a set of principles which have removed those things which tend to divide people, while at the same time establishing bonds of affection and mutual cooperation between them. Both the Center of authority and the unifying principles have been ordained by Baha'u'llah Himself (126:5)

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