Whatever troubles we have on our way to the Kingdom are a
test to the soul. When man enters this world it is in troubles and hardships,
but he comes from the invisible to the visible to gain great things for
himself. As the material birth is a time of trouble, so also is the spiritual.
The way to God is strewn with troubles and difficulties, but remember always
what Christ said: "Though the body is weak the spirit is powerful."
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha recorded by May Maxwell; ‘An Early Pilgrimage’, 1898)
