“The beginnings of all great religions were pure; but priests, taking possession of the minds of the people, filled them with dogmas and superstitions, so that religion became gradually corrupt. I come to teach no new religion. ‘My only desire is, through the blessing of God, to show the road to the Great Light.”
Touching the gentleman gently on his shoulder, as a loving father might touch a son, he went on to say:
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Notes of conversations; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London’)
