By what process, continued the questioner, will this peace
on earth be established? Will it come at once after a universal declaration of
the Truth?
No, it will come about gradually, said 'Abdu'l-Bahá. A plant
that grows too quickly lasts but a short time. You are my family, and he looked
about with a smile, my new children! if a family lives in unison, great results
are obtained. Widen the circle; when a city lives in intimate accord greater
results will follow, and a continent that is fully united will likewise unite
all other continents. Then will be the time of the greatest results, for all
the inhabitants of the earth belong to one native land.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Words of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Notes of Conversations in London; 'Abdu'l-Baha in London'’; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. II, Peace)
