Let us strive with all our powers to unite the East and West
so that the nations of the world may be advanced and that all may live
according to the one foundation of the religions of God. The essentials of the
divine religion are one reality, indivisible and not multiple. It is one. And
when through investigation we find it to be single, we have a basis for the
oneness of the world of humanity. I will pray for you, asking confirmation and
assistance in your behalf.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 21 April 1912,
Washington, DC; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by
‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912’)
