ou are all one family; you have grown out of one root. Each of you is like a branch, a flower, a fruit. You must look on no one as a stranger. You should try to show the greatest love to all men and to every creature. I have come to you as to my own people—brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. My bond is with all mankind; so should yours be. Try to follow the teachings of Baha’u’llah then each one will shine like a star. Since the time of Adam there has been no other teaching; until the end of time there will be no other.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha at Mrs. Thornburgh-Cropper’s residence, 1911; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 12, 16 October, 1911)