God has created us to be loving and compassionate toward
each other and not draw the sword before each other’s face. We must adorn the
gathering of love and peace, and not drill soldiers for the ranks of the army.
We must organize courts of justice. God has given to us eyes so that we may
look upon each other with the eyes of the Love of God. He has granted us hearts
so that we may become attached to each other and not show enmity and rancour.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, November 24, 1911, Paris, France; Star of the West,
vol. 2, no. 18, February 7, 1912)
