The Great Being saith: The structure of world stability and
order hath been reared upon, and will continue to be sustained by, the twin
pillars of reward and punishment.... In another passage He hath written: Take
heed, O concourse of the rulers of the world! There is no force on earth that
can equal in its conquering power the force of justice and wisdom.... Blessed
is the king who marcheth with the ensign of wisdom unfurled before him, and the
battalions of justice massed in his rear. He verily is the ornament that
adorneth the brow of peace and the countenance of security. There can be no
doubt whatever that if the day star of justice, which the clouds of tyranny
have obscured, were to shed its light upon men, the face of the earth would be
completely transformed.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
