‘Abdu’l-Baha is like the nightingale.
The nightingale soars to the rose-garden. Should you desire my presence there,
you must make America a rose-garden. That is to say, you must make that country
well adorned with every rose of spiritual qualities and human attributes. Then
certainly, God, the Generous, will reward you greatly, and, perchance, this
Nightingale will then fly to that rose-garden.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, from a Tablet, ‘Star of the West’, vol. 1, no. 16, December 31,
1910)
