My hope is that by the zeal and ardour of the pure-hearted,
the darkness of hatred and differences will be entirely abolished, and the
light of love and unity will shine more brightly. This world shall become a new world. Things
material will become the mirror of the Kingdom. Human hearts will meet and
embrace each other. The whole world shall become as a man's native country; and
different races shall be counted as one race. Then disputes and differences
will vanish, and the Divine Beloved will be revealed in the society of mankind.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk on the eve of His departure from London to Paris,
1911; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 13, November 4, 1911; reprinted from Christian
Commonwealth, October 4, 1911)
