What Rainn Wilson has said about Baha'i Faith
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026
Rainn Wilson, American actor known for playing Dwight Schrute on The Office and founder of SoulPancake, has been quoted on Baha'i Faith 2 times in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Wilson said he had rejected the Baha'i faith of his youth and later returned to it, finding tools in prayer, meditation and service to others.
“I had rejected the Baha'i faith of my youth. And I write about this in my book, The Bassoon King, about my journey kind of coming back to faith”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: Embrace Your Eccentricities & A Petri Dish of Creativity | Rainn Wilson (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 37:51
Wilson described a spiritual perspective in which humans are eternal souls temporarily inhabiting bodies.
“There's an eternal aspect to us, and we're riding around in flesh suits for a limited amount of time”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: Embrace Your Eccentricities & A Petri Dish of Creativity | Rainn Wilson (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 55:10
Episodes
Re-Air: Embrace Your Eccentricities & A Petri Dish of Creativity | Rainn WilsonMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 25, 2026 · 55 min
Rainn Wilson tells Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen about his alienated nerdy childhood, anxiety and addiction, therapy, 12-step programs and the Baha'i faith.
Rainn Wilson on other topics
- Psychotherapy · 4 quotes
- The Office (American TV series) · 3 quotes
- Nerd culture and bullying · 3 quotes
- Meditation · 1 quote
- Addiction and recovery · 1 quote
- Twelve-step program · 1 quote
- Panic attacks and anxiety disorder · 1 quote
- Depression · 1 quote