It behoveth the loved ones of the Lord to be the signs and
tokens of His universal mercy and the embodiments of His own excelling grace.
Like the sun, let them cast their rays upon garden and rubbish heap alike, and
even as clouds in spring, let them shed down their rain upon flower and thorn.
Let them seek but love and faithfulness, let them not follow the ways of
unkindness, let their talk be confined to the secrets of friendship and of
peace. Such are the attributes of the righteous, such is the distinguishing
mark of those who serve His Threshold.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the
Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
