February 19
O friend! As hearing ears are scarce to find, the pen hath
for some time remained silent in its quarters. In truth, matters have come to
such a pass that silence hath taken precedence over utterance and hath come to
be regarded as preferable. Say: O people! These words are being uttered in due
measure, that the newly born may thrive and the tender shoot flourish. Milk
should be given in suitable proportion, that the children
of the world may attain to the station of maturity and abide in the court of
oneness. (Baha’u’llah, ‘The Tabernacle of Unity, Bahá’u’lláh’s Responses to
Mánikchí Sáhib and Other Writings’)
