I beg of God that you may become more enlightened, more
severed, more spiritual, more aflame and that you may be humble and submissive,
for as long as man does not consider himself to be good but regards himself as
weak and deficient, he progresses; but the moment he considers himself good and
says, `I am perfect', he falls into pride and retrogresses.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of
‘Abdu’l-Baha when leaving Chicago, September 17, 1912, ‘Mahmud’s Diary)
