The purpose of the appearance of the holy Manifestations
hath ever been the establishment of fellowship and love in the world of
humanity. The friends should therefore lay down their lives in this arena that
they may exhilarate the people of the world with the wine of love for one
another and may gladden the hearts of the whole human race. The more they
strive for harmony, the greater their progress; the more they exert effort to
achieve unity, the more they will witness the tokens of divine assistance....
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy
Loved Ones’, prepared by the prepared by the International Teaching Centre for
the Continental Counsellors and their Auxiliaries, May 2018, online Baha’i
Reference Library of the World Center)
