This phenomenal world will not remain
in an unchanging condition even for a short while. Second after second it
undergoes change and transformation. Every foundation will finally become
collapsed; every glory and splendor will at last vanish and disappear, but the
Kingdom of God is eternal and the heavenly sovereignty and majesty will stand
firm, everlasting. Hence in the estimation of a wise man the mat in the Kingdom
of God is preferable to the throne of the government of the world.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the Divine Plan’)
