If, however, for a few days, in compliance with God's all-
encompassing wisdom, outward affairs should run their course contrary to one's
cherished desire, this is of no consequence and should not matter. Our intent
is that all the friends should fix their gaze on the Supreme Horizon, and cling
to that which hath been revealed in the Tablets. They should strictly avoid
sedition, and refrain from treading the path of dissension and strife. They
should champion their one true God, exalted be He, through the hosts of
forbearance, of submission, of an upright character, of goodly deeds, and of
the choicest and most refined words.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Bahá'í World vol.
XVIII’; The Compilation of Compilations vol. I, Crisis and Victory)
