Man’s honour
and glory lie in purity, truthfulness, benevolence, virtue and constancy, not
in earthly vanities and riches. Should a soul succeed in rendering a signal
service to the world of humanity, and in particular to the land of Persia, he
will be exalted above the most exalted and will be accounted as the greatest of
the great ones. This, indeed, is abounding riches! This, indeed, is abundant
treasure! This, indeed, is everlasting wealth!
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, from a
Tablet quoted by the Universal House of Justice in a letter dated 14 May 2009,
addressed to the believers in the Cradle of the Faith)
