Our hope is that they [humanity during WW I] may be freed
from the cruelty of passion and egoism; that these wicked powers may not
overmaster them; that they may turn their faces toward God; that the hearts may
become illumined; that the sphere of the minds be extended; that avarice and
covetousness may not remain; that trust in God and self-reliance may take
possession of their beings that they may be satisfied with their own rights and
that they may not rise in aggression to trample under their feet the rights of
others. May all of the causes of war and conflict, hardships and sufferings, be
entirely removed!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, August 8, 1914, Haifa; Star of
the West, vol. 5, no. 12, October 16, 1914)
