Blessed are they who are the means of making unity among the
friends, and pity on those who in the right or wrong are the cause of discord.
For instance: When one is in the right in a case in dispute, and his minority
prevents him from establishing this rightful matter, instead of agitating the
subject, if he will humbly submit to sacrifice his position for the sake of
unity and peace, God will accept that sacrifice and ere long the rightful
matter will be established without any farther dispute, by the Divine
assistance; whereas without such sacrifice and submissiveness great harm might
ensue.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of Abdu'l-Baha in answer to questions asked by Dr. Edward C.
Getsinger during a few brief meetings at Haifa, January 26 to February 5, 1915,
and recorded by Dr. Getsinger at the time; Star of the West, vol. 6, no. 6,
June 24, 1915)
