“O Thou Kind Lord! I am a little child, exalt me by admitting me to the kingdom.  I am earthly, make me heavenly; I am of the world below, let me belong to the realm above; gloomy, suffer me to become radiant; material, make me spiritual, and grant that I may manifest Thine infinite bounties.  Thou art the Powerful, the All-Loving.”

‘Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i