...the honor and distinction of the individual consist in
this, that he among all the world's multitudes should become a source of social
good. Is any larger bounty conceivable than this, that an individual, looking
within himself, should find that by the confirming grace of God he has become
the cause of peace and well-being, of happiness and advantage to his fellow
men? No, by the one true God, there is no greater bliss, no more complete
delight.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘The Secret of
Divine Civilization’)
