“…knowledge is the cause of human progress.”

Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire

This perfected body can be compared to a mirror, and the human spirit to the sun. Nevertheless, if the mirror breaks, the bounty of the sun continues; and if the mirror is destroyed or ceases to exist

The spirit does not need a body, but the body needs spirit, or it cannot live. The soul can live without a body, but the body without a soul dies

Love manifests its reality in deeds, not only in words – these alone are without effect.

In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense.

The supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms

If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it… Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.

There is no question but that they will exert all their efforts, their energies, their sense of pride, to acquire the sciences and arts.

The diversity in the human family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord.

If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.

If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?

If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.

Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds.

To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.

But to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.

At whatever time highly skilled physicians shall have developed the healing of illnesses by means of foods, and shall make provision for simple foods, and shall prohibit humankind from living as slaves to their lustful appetites.

[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.

In a society where some people are far more educated than others, in which public education is ill-funded – here I am speaking of the U.S. – while we build more and more prisons to incarcerate youth who ought to be in school.

There is already a gap between those with education and those without. Those with educational privilege can be seen as arrogant, remote, alien – and very often they believe themselves superior.

I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.

It’s really seeing student involvement … as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual needs and their desires for their educational experience.

To promote knowledge is thus an inescapable duty imposed on every one of the friends of God.

The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount, this fundamental concern is carried forward.

Close investigation will show that the primary cause of oppression and injustice, of unrighteousness, irregularity and disorder