If you observe that a soul has turned his face completely
toward the Cause of God, his intention is centralized upon the penetration of
the Word of God, he is serving the Cause day and night with the utmost
fidelity, no scent of selfishness is inhaled from his manners and deeds, and no
trace of egotism or prejudice is seen in his personality—nay rather is he a
wanderer in the wilderness of the love of God, and one intoxicated with the
wine of the knowledge of God, occupied wholly with the diffusion of the
fragrances of God, and attracted to the signs of the Kingdom of God; know ye of
a certainty that he is confirmed with the powers of the Kingdom, assisted by
the heaven of Might; and he will shine, gleam and sparkle like unto the morning
star with the utmost brilliancy and splendor from the horizon of the
everlasting gift. If he is alloyed with the slightest trace of passion, desire,
ostentation or self-interest, it is certain that the results of all efforts
will prove fruitless, and he will become deprived and hopeless.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
