…from amongst all creatures He hath singled out man, to
grant him His most wondrous gift, and hath made him to attain the bounties of
the Company on High. That most precious of gifts is attainment unto His
unfailing guidance, that the inner reality of humankind should become as a
niche to hold this lamp; and when the scattering splendours of this light do
beat against the bright glass of the heart, the heart's purity maketh the beams
to blaze out even stronger than before, and to shine in glory on the minds and
souls of men.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; The Compilation of Compilations,
vol. I, Baha’i Education)
