- one is to stand bravely and meet death unflinchingly in the path of God without wavering or under torture denying for an instant their faith.
- The second is little by little to detach one's heart entirely from the world, laying aside deliberately and voluntarily all vanities and worldly seductions, letting every act and word become a speaking monument and a fitting praise for the Holy Name of Baha'u'llah.
- The third is
- to do the most difficult things with such self-sacrifice that all behold it as your pleasure.
- To seek and to accept poverty with the same smile as you accept fortune.
- To make the sad, the sorrowful your associates instead of frequenting the society of the careless and gay.
- To yield to the decrees of God and to rejoice in the most violent calamities even when the suffering is beyond endurance.
He who can fulfill these last conditions becomes a martyr indeed.
(‘The Baha’i World 1950-1954')
