…Unity is good, and that suppression (slavery under the yoke
of tradition and prejudice) is the cause of disunion. To know this is not
enough. All knowledge is good, but it can bear no fruit except by action. It is
well to know that riches are good, but that knowledge will not make a man rich;
he must work, he must put his knowledge into practice. We hope the people
realize and know that unity is good, and we also hope that they will not be
content to stand still in that knowledge. Do not only say that Unity, Love and
Brotherhood are good; you must work for their realization.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Notes
of conversations; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London’)
