This is a brilliant century. Eyes are now open to the beauty
of the oneness of humanity, of love and of brotherhood. The darkness of
suppression will disappear and the light of unity will shine. We cannot bring
love and unity to pass merely by talking of it. Knowledge is not enough.
Wealth, science, education are good, we know: but we must also work and study
to bring to maturity the fruit of knowledge.
Knowledge is the first step; resolve, the second step;
action, its fulfillment, is the third step. To construct a building one must
first of all make a plan, then one must have the power (money), then one can
build.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Notes of conversations; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London’)
