In the days of the Blessed Beauty, I never had a desire to write. The friends even complained about it. In reply I finally wrote to Varqá saying, `When the shrill of the Supreme Pen can be heard, what is the need of my writing?' However, in the days of the Most Great Luminary others wrote, referring to themselves, as the great sun of God.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, New York, June 16, 1912; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
