...We must reach a spiritual plane where God comes first and
great human passions are unable to turn us away from Him. All the time we see
people who either through the force of hate or the passionate attachment they
have to another person, sacrifice principle or bar themselves from the Path of
God.
We must love God, and in this state, a general love for all
men becomes possible. We cannot love each human being for himself, but our
feeling towards humanity should be motivated by our love for the Father Who
created all men.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 4 October 1950 written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol.
II, Living the Life)
