…’Abdu’l-Baha 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.
(Notes of comments
made by ‘Abdu’l-Baha to Howard Stuven and Charles Mason, Haifa, May 1910; Star
of the west, vol. 1, no. 11, September 27, 1910)
