Every word is endowed with a spirit, therefore the speaker
or expounder should carefully deliver his words at the appropriate time and
place, for the impression which each word maketh is clearly evident and
perceptible. The Great Being saith: One word may be likened unto fire, another
unto light, and the influence which both exert is manifest in the world.
Therefore an enlightened man of wisdom should primarily speak with words as
mild as milk, that the children of men may be nurtured and edified thereby and
may attain the ultimate goal of human existence which is the station of true
understanding and nobility.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed
after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
