One of the things that supports a spiritual civilization is
Peace and the most pressing need of politics is universal peace. But the
oneness of humanity - human solidarity - which has been the message of all the
Prophets, will be achieved only through spiritual power, for neither racial
distinctions nor patriotism can further it. The oneness of humanity will come
with the supremacy of spiritual civilization, and not while, as now, we are
submerged in a sea of materialism.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha to a number of clergymen who called on April 13,
1912 in New York city; recorded by Dr. Zia Baghdadi, ‘Abdu’l-Baha in America’,
Star of the West, vol. 19, no. 2, May 1928)
