If thou wouldst show kindness and consideration to thy
parents so that they may feel generally pleased, this would also please Me, for
parents must be highly respected and it is essential that they should feel
contented, provided they deter thee not from gaining access to the Threshold of
the Almighty, nor keep thee back from walking in the way of the Kingdom. Indeed
it behoveth them to encourage and spur thee on in this direction.
(‘Abdu'l-Bahá, from a Tablet; The
Compilation of Compilations, Vol. I, Family Life)
