O thou believer in the oneness of God! Know thou that
nothing profiteth a soul save the love of the All-Merciful, nothing lighteth up
a heart save the splendour that shineth from the realm of the Lord.
Forsake thou every other concern, let oblivion overtake the
memory of all else. Confine thy thoughts to whatever will lift up the human
soul to the Paradise of heavenly grace, and make every bird of the Kingdom wing
its way unto the Supreme Horizon, the central point of everlasting honour in
this contingent world.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
