Love accepteth no existence and wisheth no life: In death it
seeth life, and in shame it seeketh glory. To merit the madness of love, one
must abound in sanity; to merit the bonds of the Friend, one must be free in
spirit. Blessed the neck that is caught in His noose, and happy the head that
falleth on the dust in the path of His love. Wherefore, O friend, renounce thy
self, that thou mayest find the Peerless One; and soar beyond this mortal
world, that thou mayest find thy nest in the abode of heaven. Be as naught, if
thou wouldst kindle the fire of being and be fit for the pathway of love. - Baha’u’llah ('The Seven Valleys'; revised translation by the Baha’i World Center
included in ‘The Call of the Divine Beloved’)
