The word of God which the Supreme Pen
hath recorded on the ninth
leaf of the Most Exalted Paradise is this: In all matters moderation is
desirable. If a thing is carried to excess, it will prove a source of evil.
Consider the civilization of the West, how it hath agitated and alarmed the
peoples of the world. An infernal engine hath been devised, and hath proved so
cruel a weapon of destruction that its like none hath ever witnessed or heard.
The purging of such deeply-rooted and overwhelming corruptions cannot be
effected unless the peoples of the world unite in pursuit of one common aim and
embrace one universal faith. Incline your ears unto the Call of this Wronged
One and adhere firmly to the Lesser Peace.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Words of Paradise’; Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
