Taking the Blame for the Sake of Peace
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Bahíyyih Khánum, the daughter of Bahá’u’lláh, described to Myron Phelps her father’s nature during the family’s early years of exile in Baghdad:
Strife of any kind seemed to hurt Him; more, however, because of the unhappiness which it brought upon others than because of the discomfort which it caused Him. It was His habit, for the sake of peace and to quell strife, to take all blame upon Himself where possible, and to seek to pacify those in contention by His love.
Source: Myron H. Phelps, Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi (1903), p. 19, from the account of Bahíyyih Khánum.
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