O Companion of My Throne! Hear no evil, and see no evil,
abase not thyself, neither sigh and weep. Speak no evil, that thou mayest not
hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own
faults may not appear great; and wish not the abasement of anyone, that thine
own abasement be not exposed. Live then the days of thy life, that are less
than a fleeting moment, with thy mind stainless, thy heart unsullied, thy
thoughts pure, and thy nature sanctified, so that, free and content, thou
mayest put away this mortal frame, and repair unto the mystic paradise and
abide in the eternal kingdom for evermore.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Hidden Words of
Baha’u’llah’)
