Past

The present is always unimportant, but we must make our present so filled with mighty, altruistic deeds as to assume significant weight and momentous importance in the future. A shallow present will surely be followed by a superficial future.

Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 202
Fountain at the Riḍván Garden
Fountain at the Riḍván Garden
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