I one day asked ‘Abdu’l-Bahá how it could ever be possible for me, deep in the
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I one day asked ‘Abdu’l-Bahá how it could ever be possible for me, deep in the mass of weak and selfish humanity, ever to hope to attain when the goal was so high and great. He said that it is to be accomplished little by little; little by little. And I thought to myself, I have all eternity for this journey from self to God. The thing to do is to get started.
Source: Howard Colby Ives, Portals to Freedom, p. 63
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