The world of existence is continuously progressing and
developing and therefore assuredly the virtues characterizing the maturity of
man must likewise expand and grow. The greatest bestowal of God to man is the
capacity to attain human virtues. Therefore the teachings of religion must be
reformed and renewed because past teachings are not suitable for the present
time... The laws of the past are being superseded because they are not
applicable to this time.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Star of the West [The Baha’i Magazine], vol. 25, no. 3, June 1934)
