Consider how many empresses have come and gone since the
time of Christ. Each was the ruler of a country but now all trace and name of
them is lost, while Mary Magdalene, who was only a peasant and a maidservant of
God, still shineth from the horizon of everlasting glory. Strive thou,
therefore, to remain the maidservant of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from
the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
