O ye friends of God, redouble your efforts, strain every
nerve, till ye triumph in your servitude to the Ancient Beauty, the Manifest
Light, and become the cause of spreading far and wide the rays of the Day-Star
of Truth. Breathe ye into the world’s worn and wasted body the fresh breath of
life, and in the furrows of every region sow ye holy seed. Rise up to champion
this Cause; open your lips and teach. In the meeting place of life be ye a
guiding candle; in the skies of this world be dazzling stars; in the gardens of
unity be birds of the spirit, singing of inner truths and mysteries.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
