This phenomenal world will not remain in an unchanging
condition even for a short while. Second after second it undergoes change and
transformation. Every foundation will finally become collapsed; every glory and
splendor will at last vanish and disappear, but the Kingdom of God is eternal
and the heavenly sovereignty and majesty will stand firm, everlasting. Hence in
the estimation of a wise man the mat in the Kingdom of God is preferable to the
throne of the government of the world.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the Divine Plan’)
