Baha'u'llah says:--"Of old it hath been revealed: 'Love of one's country is an element of the Faith of God.' The Tongue of Grandeur hath ...

in the day of His manifestation proclaimed: 'It is not his to boast who loveth his country, but it is his who loveth the world.'"-- Tablet of the World.

And again:--"Blessed is he who prefers his brother before himself; such an one is of the people of Baha."-- Words of Paradise.
'Abdu'l-Baha tells us we must be "as one soul in many bodies, for the more we love each other, the nearer we shall be to God." To an American audience He said:-- Likewise the divine religions of the holy Manifestations of God are in reality one though in name and nomenclature they differ.
Man must be a lover of the light no matter from what day-spring it may appear.

He must be a lover of the rose no matter what soil it may be growing.

He must be a seeker of the truth no matter from what source it come.