O lion-hearted one amongst men! Regard the afflictions
endured in the path of God as comfort itself. Every affliction suffered for His
sake is a potent remedy, every bitterness is naught but sweetness and every
abasement an exaltation. Were men to apprehend and acknowledge this truth, they
would readily lay down their lives for such affliction. For it is the key to
inestimable treasures, and no matter how outwardly abhorrent, it hath ever been
and will continue to be inwardly prized.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Tabernacle of Unity’)
