Be like a well-cultivated garden wherein the roses and
variegated flowers of heaven are growing in fragrance and beauty. It is my hope
that your hearts may become as ready ground, carefully tilled and prepared,
upon which the divine showers of the bounties of the Blessed Perfection may
descend and the zephyrs of this divine springtime may blow with quickening
breath. Then will the garden of your hearts bring forth its flowers of
delightful fragrance to refresh the nostril of the heavenly Gardener.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 17 April 1912, New York; ‘The Promulgation of
Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United
States and Canada in 1912’)
