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 (Compilation: ‘Fire and
Light’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice;
The Baha’i World 1979-1983)
