It behoveth the people of Bahá to die to the world and all
that is therein, to be so detached from all earthly things that the inmates of
Paradise may inhale from their garment the sweet smelling savor of sanctity,
that all the peoples of the earth may recognize in their faces the brightness
of the All-Merciful, and that through them may be spread abroad the signs and
tokens of God, the Almighty, the All-Wise.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the
Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
