…the attraction and affinity of things are the cause of
fructification and production, and estrangement and disunion among things the
cause of death and annihilation. By attraction and affinity all living beings
such as plants, animals and men are realized. From disagreement and
estrangement dissemination results and annihilation follows. Verily the life of
the human world is that which is conducive to unity, attraction and concord of
mankind.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; Star of the West, vol. 6, no. 9, August
20, 1915)
