‘Abdu’l-Bahá holding a little child close to him said, the
true Bahá’í loves the children, because Jesus says they are of the Kingdom of
heaven. A simple pure heart is near to God; a child has no worldly ambitions.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Notes of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s discourse to an assembly of Theosophists in London,
September 1911; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London’)