Today, in this world, every people is wandering astray in
its own desert, moving here and there according to the dictates of its fancies
and whims, pursuing its own particular caprice. Amongst all the teeming masses
of the earth, only this community of the Most Great Name is free and clear of
human schemes and hath no selfish purpose to promote. Alone amongst them all,
this people hath arisen with aims purified of self, following the Teachings of
God, most eagerly toiling and striving toward a single goal: to turn this
nether dust into high heaven, to make of this world a mirror for the Kingdom,
to change this world into a different world, and cause all humankind to adopt
the ways of righteousness and a new manner of life.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Seletions
from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
