The friends and maid-servants of the
Merciful must render service to the oneness of the human world and show love
and affinity to all the children of men. They must deal with the utmost
devotion, good-will, love and kindness with all the communities, religions and
sects. Their aim and their work must be that the tree of their existence
produce good fruits -- and no fruit is greater than love and kindness toward
all humanity.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, from a Tablet, ‘Star of the West’, vol. 1, no. 17,
January 19, 1911)
