O Children of Negligence! Set not your affections on mortal
sovereignty and rejoice not therein. Ye are even as the unwary bird that with
full confidence warbleth upon the bough; till of a sudden the fowler Death
throws it upon the dust, and the melody, the form and the color are gone,
leaving not a trace. Wherefore take heed, O bondslaves of desire! - Baha’u’llah (‘The Hidden Words’)
