Waste not your precious time in fault-finding and
backbiting. Polish the surface of the mirrors of your hearts from the dross of
human frailties. If you live according to the standard of other communities,
then what difference does there exist between you and them? Baha'u'llah has
summoned you to such a lofty summit the very thought of which is too dazzling a
prospect! He has not chosen you to be satisfied with water and clay!
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of
‘Abdu'l-Baha to Mrs. Stannard before her departure for India. Star of the West,
vol. 5, no. 1, March 21, 1914)
