“Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man’s life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone.”

Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.

Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.

Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.

The true seeker hunts naught but the object of his quest, and the lover has no desire save union with his Beloved.

Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!

The True Seeker must, before all else, cleanse his heart.

Peace be upon him who follows the Straight Path!

The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.

Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may not appear great.

Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations.

Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.

Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly cherished.

Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.

Regard ye the world as a man’s body, which is afflicted with diverse ailments, and the recovery of which dependeth upon the harmonizing of all its component elements.

The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy.

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.

…knowledge is the cause of human progress.

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