O people of God! I admonish you to observe courtesy, for
above all else it is the prince of virtues. Well is it with him who is
illumined with the light of courtesy and is attired with the vesture of
uprightness. Whoso is endued with courtesy hath indeed attained a sublime
station. It is hoped that this Wronged One and everyone else may be enabled to
acquire it, hold fast unto it, observe it, and fix our gaze upon it. This is a
binding command which hath streamed forth from the Pen of the Most Great Name.
- Baha’u’llah (Lawh-i-Dunya [Tablet of the World]; ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah
revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
