love & compassion

May Maxwell

If thou wishest to guide the souls, it is incumbent on thee to be firm, to be good and to be imbued with praiseworthy attributes and divine qualities under all circumstances. Be a sign of love, a manifestation of mercy, a fountain of tenderness, kind-hearted, good to all and gentle to the servants of God, and especially to those who bear relation to thee, both men and women. Bear every ordeal that befalleth thee from the people and confront them not save with kindness, with great love and good wishes. 

(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha Abbas, vol. 3’; The Compilation of Compilations,May Maxwell vol. II, Guidelines for Teaching)