There have issued, from His [Baha’u’llah] mighty Pen,
various teachings for the prevention of war, and these have been scattered far
and wide.
The first is the independent investigation of truth; for
blind imitation of the past will stunt the mind. But once every soul inquireth
into truth, society will be freed from the darkness of continually repeating
the past.
His second principle is the oneness of mankind: that all men
are the sheep of God, and God is their loving Shepherd, caring most tenderly
for all without favouring one or another. ‘No difference canst thou see in the
creation of the God of mercy’; [Qur’an 67:3] all are His servants, all implore
His grace...
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
