…as the human body in this world, which is outwardly
composed of different limbs and organs, is in reality a closely integrated,
coherent entity, similarly the structure of the physical world is like unto a
single being whose limbs and members are inseparably linked together. Were one to observe with an eye that
discovereth the realities of all things, it would become clear that the
greatest relationship that bindeth the world of being together lieth in the
range of created things themselves, and that co-operation, mutual aid and
reciprocity are essential characteristics in the unified body of the world of
being, inasmuch as all created things are closely related together and each is
influenced by the other or deriveth benefit therefrom, either directly or
indirectly.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (The
Compilation of Compilations vol. I, Conservation of the Earth's Resources)
