O ye lovers of God! Be kind to all peoples; care for every
person; do all ye can to purify the hearts and minds of men; strive ye to
gladden every soul. To every meadow be a shower of grace, to every tree the
water of life; be as sweet musk to the sense of humankind, and to the ailing be
a fresh, restoring breeze. Be pleasing waters to all those who thirst, a
careful guide to all who have lost their way; be father and mother to the
orphan, be loving sons and daughters to the old, be an abundant treasure to the
poor. Think ye of love and good fellowship as the delights of heaven, think ye
of hostility and hatred as the torments of hell.
-‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections
from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
