Arise, O people, and, by the power of God’s might, resolve
to gain the victory over your own selves, that haply the whole earth may be
freed and sanctified from its servitude to the gods of its idle fancies—gods
that have inflicted such loss upon, and are responsible for the misery of,
their wretched worshipers. These idols form the obstacle that impedeth man in
his efforts to advance in the path of perfection.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from
the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
