I shall never forget you. You are
always in my mind. Convey to all the friends my kind regards. I love all. I
exhort you to be kind to the poor and love them. Help them, for the poor are
broken-hearted. If you sacrifice yourself for the rich, they think you do it
because you are obliged to. But if you love the poor, they feel joy and are
sincerely grateful. To help the poor is essential. May you be under the protection
of God.
(Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, 20 September 1912, Minneapolis, USA; ‘Mahmud’s
Diary’)
