The love of God has brought us together, and this is the
best of means and motive. Every other bond of friendship is limited in
effectiveness, but fellowship based upon the love of God is unlimited,
everlasting, divine and radiant. Therefore, we must be thankful to God for
uniting us in love and agreement, praise Him for creating such affinity between
us that those from the faraway Orient may associate with the beloved ones of
the West in the utmost fragrance.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 18 November 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’)
