I swear by the life of Him Who is the Desire of the world!
Were a man to ponder in his heart he would, free of all attachment to the
world, hasten unto the Most Great Light and would purge and purify himself from
the dust of vain imaginings and the smoke of idle fancy. What could have
prompted the people of the past to err and by whom were they misled? They still
reject the truth and have turned towards their own selfish desires. This
Wronged One calleth aloud for the sake of God. Whosoever wisheth, let him turn
thereunto; whosoever wisheth, let him turn away. Verily God can well afford to
dispense with all things, whether of the past or of the future.
- Baha’u’llah ('Tarazat [Ornaments]'; 'Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
