Behold how in this Dispensation the worthless and foolish
have fondly imagined that by such instruments as massacre, plunder and
banishment they can extinguish the Lamp which the Hand of Divine power hath
lit, or eclipse the Day Star of everlasting splendor. How utterly unaware they
seem to be of the truth that such adversity is the oil that feedeth the flame
of this Lamp! Such is God’s transforming power. He changeth whatsoever He
willeth; He verily hath power over all things....
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from
the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
