No progress is possible except through
the power of the Holy Spirit and the Cause of God. Each of the Manifestations
of God appeared amongst a nation and in a country which outwardly had no means
of salvation or progress. But no sooner had those nations come under the
shelter of the Cause of God than they excelled all the civilized countries of
the world. Today, whichever nation raises the standard of the oneness of
humanity and comes under the shelter of this divine power will ultimately lead
the whole world.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, May 4, 1912, Chicago, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s
Diary’)
