You must be distinguished amidst men by your sanctity and
detachment, loftiness of purpose, magnanimity, determination, noble-mindedness,
tenacity, the elevation of your aims and your spiritual qualities; that you may
become the means of exaltation and glory for the Cause of God and the
dawning-places of His heavenly bestowals; that you may conduct yourselves in
conformity with the counsels and exhortations of the Blessed Beauty—may my life
be offered up for His loved ones—and by reflecting Bahá’í qualities and
attributes, you may stand out distinguished from others.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a
Tablet; ‘Baha’i Prayers and Tablets for Children’, prepared by the Research
Department of the Universal House of Justice)
