O banished and faithful friend! Quench the thirst of
heedlessness with the sanctified waters of My grace, and chase the gloom of
remoteness through the morning-light of My Divine presence. Suffer not the
habitation wherein dwelleth My undying love for thee to be destroyed through
the tyranny of covetous desires, and overcloud not the beauty of the heavenly
Youth with the dust of self and passion. Clothe thyself with the essence of
righteousness, and let thine heart be afraid of none except God. Obstruct not
the luminous spring of thy soul with the thorns and brambles of vain and
inordinate affections, and impede not the flow of the living waters that stream
from the fountain of thine heart. Set all thy hope in God, and cleave
tenaciously to His unfailing mercy. Who else but Him can enrich the destitute,
and deliver the fallen from his abasement? - Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the
Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
