Of old it hath been revealed: “Love of one’s country is an
element of the Faith of God.” The Tongue of Grandeur hath, however, in the day
of His manifestation proclaimed: “It is not his to boast who loveth his country,
but it is his who loveth the world.” Through the power released by these
exalted words He hath lent a fresh impulse, and set a new direction, to the
birds of men’s hearts, and hath obliterated every trace of restriction and
limitation from God’s holy Book.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
