Among the teachings of Baha’u’llah is one on sacrifice. Man
must arrive at the point of sacrifice and the station of sacrifice is that of
complete severance -- that is, his possessions, his comforts, even his life
must be sacrificed for humanity. Until man arrives at such a station, he is
deprived of the effulgences of God and from the bestowals of the Merciful, and
from the breaths of the Holy Spirit, which, in this radiant century, have
become apparent and resplendent.
-' 'Abdu'l-Baha (Excerpt from a talk in
Oakland, California, at the home of Helen Goodall, October 3, 1912; Star of the
West, vol. 4, no. 11, September 27, 1913)
