The teachings of Baha’u’llah are likewise concerned with
good conduct, and good conduct is the greatest effulgence of the All Glorious.
Unless ethics be improved, the world of humanity will be incapable of true
advancement. Real advancement is dependent upon the world of humanity becoming
a center of divine morals, becoming a place of the effulgences of the Merciful,
becoming a mirror reflecting the bestowals of God. Thereby the world of
humanity will become the image and likeness of God. Until these virtues reveal
themselves in the world of humanity, real progress and advancement will not be
possible.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Excerpt from a talk by ‘Abdu’l-Baha in Oakland, California, at the
home of Helen Goodall, October 3, 1912; Star of the West, vol. 4, no. 11,
September 27, 1913)
