Say: desist from wickedness and transgression, and lay hold
on trustworthiness and piety, candour and sincerity. This is the commandment of
God, the Lord of the Judgement Day. He Whom the world hath wronged speaketh not
through the promptings of worldly desire, but in accordance with what hath been
revealed in the Book of God, the Ordainer, the Ancient of Days. Righteousness
of character is the means whereby the high stations attainable by man in the
world of being may be made evident: to this testify God's honoured servants,
whom the evil whisperings of the people have not deterred from arising to
render service to their Lord, the King of the Mighty Throne. - Baha’u’llah (The Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II, Trustworthiness)
