Attributes of divine unity among people and nations

We spoke about the inhabitants of Honolulu; that many nationalities are there represented and yet all are in great harmony.

‘Abdu’l-Baha said: "Time and place play a great influence over the conditions; when in a certain place some strangers meet, necessity requires that they should be in harmony; but our purpose is this, that the divine unity and concord may become well established among all the nations, so that they may become as one spirit in different bodies; the drops of one ocean; the fruits of one tree and the rays of the same sun.

In America, when the different people united together they were enabled to drive away the English government and establish a new government for themselves. Consider how great is the result of unity and harmony!

There has never been any action performed nor any philanthropic deed achieved except through unity and concord; disagreement and dissension have always been the means of evil and corruption." 

- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Reported words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha from a talk to some pilgrims, Haifa, 1910; ‘Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 8, August 1, 1910)

All teaching should be done by the Spirit working or speaking through the teacher

He [‘Abdu’l-Baha] then asked whether the addresses given in the various cities had been prepared or were extemporaneous. When told they had been the latter He said that the teacher should always speak from the heart, for only words from the heart reach the hearts of the hearers and has effect, whereas when one speaks not from the heart, the effect of his words is but a passing one. All teaching should be done by the Spirit working or speaking through the teacher, and should not come from the mentality of the individual. One should always use spiritual methods in teaching. 

(Reported words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha to travelling teachers Mason Remey and Howard Struven, Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 11, September 27, 1910)

Happiness

The star of happiness is in every heart. We must remove the veils so that it may shine forth radiantly. 

- 'Abdu'l-Baha  (‘Abdu’l-Baha’s words quoted by May Maxwell printed in ‘The Life of Thomas Breakwell’, by Rajwantee Lakshiman-Lepain, London: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1998)