April 17
As to thy question regarding the sayings of the leaders of
past religions. Every wise and praiseworthy man will no doubt eschew such vain
and profitless talk. The incomparable Creator hath created all men from one
same substance, and hath exalted their reality above the rest of His creatures.
Success or failure, gain or loss, must, therefore, depend upon man’s own
exertions. The more he striveth, the greater will be his
progress. We fain would hope that the vernal showers of the bounty of God may
cause the flowers of true understanding to spring from the soil of men’s
hearts, and may wash them from all earthly defilements. (Baha’u’llah, ‘Gleanings
from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
