Flowers may be variegated in colors, but they are all
flowers of one garden. Trees differ though they grow in the same orchard. All
are nourished and quickened into life by the bounty of the same rain, all grow
and develop by the heat and light of the one sun, all are refreshed and
exhilarated by the same breeze that they may bring forth varied fruits. This is
according to the creative wisdom. If all trees bore the same kind of fruit, it
would cease to be delicious. In their never-ending variety man finds enjoyment
instead of monotony.
And now as I look into your faces, I am reminded of trees
varying in color and form but all bearing luscious and delectable fruits,
fragrant and delightful to the inner and outer senses.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a
talk, 23 April 1912, Washington D.C.; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace:
Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and
Canada in 1912’)
