As to those things published in journals against thee: Thou
shouldst not be grieved nor sorry therefor, because thousands of journals have
written traducing Abdul-Baha, have given false and base accusations and awful
calumnies. Notwithstanding these he was neither troubled nor grieved thereby;
nay, rather these cause me to exert myself more than usual in the path of God
and to drink the cup of sacrifice and to boil in the fire of His love. Man must
seek to gain the acceptance of God and not that of the different classes of
men. If one is praised and chosen by God, the accusation of all the creatures
will cause no loss to him; and if the man is not accepted in the threshold of
God, the praise and admiration of all men will be of no use to him.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
