Every century holds the solution of one predominating
problem. Although there may be many problems, yet one of the innumerable
problems will loom large and become the most important of all....in this
luminous century the greatest bestowal of the world of humanity is Universal
Peace, which must be founded, so that the realm of creation may obtain
composure, the East and the West, which include in their arms the five
continents of the globe, may embrace each other, mankind may rest beneath the
tent of oneness of the world of humanity, and the flag of universal peace may
wave over all the regions.... . . .
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, ‘Star of the
West’, vol. 7, no. 14, November 1916; The Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II,
Peace)
