Praise be to God! —that the Blessed Perfection hath freed
the necks from the bonds and fetters and released all from racial attachments
by proclaiming, “Ye are all the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one
branch.” Be ye kind to the human world, and be ye compassionate to the race of
man, deal with the strangers as you deal with the friends, be ye gentle toward
the outsiders as you are toward the beloved ones…
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha,
vol. 1)
