No matter how brilliant a receding star is, its light never
reaches to this world. Worship thou the newly ascendant Shining Luminary whose
lights are glittering and whose proof is self-evident. Become thou the cause of
guidance of the person whom thou art respecting. No matter how much endeavor
and effort is shown, a tree which hath been in existence for two thousand years
or more will never bring new and fresh fruits. This is the truth and there is
nothing beyond the truth but manifest error.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha ('Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 2')
