…religion is a mighty stronghold, but that it must engender
love, not malevolence and hate. Should it lead to malice, spite, and hate, it
is of no value at all. For religion is a remedy, and if the remedy bring on
disease, then put it aside. Again, as to religious, racial, national and
political bias: all these prejudices strike at the very root of human life; one
and all they beget bloodshed, and the ruination of the world. So long as these
prejudices survive, there will be continuous and fearsome wars.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
