No man should follow blindly his ancestors
and forefathers. Nay, each must see with his
own eyes, hear with his own ears and
investigate independently in order that he
may find the truth. The religion of forefathers
and ancestors is based upon blind imitation.
Man should investigate reality.

Abdu’l-Baha
Divine Philosophy
p. 24

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors.
Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
-Mahatma Gandhi

But knowledge of the need of this power is not sufficient.

Realizing that wealth is desirable is not becoming wealthy.

The admission that scientific attainment is praiseworthy does not confer scientific knowledge.

Acknowledgment of the excellence of honor does not make a man honorable.

Knowledge of human conditions and the needed remedy for them is not the cause of their betterment.

To admit that health is good does not constitute health.

A skilled physician is needed to remedy existing human conditions. As a physician is required to have complete knowledge of pathology, diagnosis, therapeutics and treatment, so this World Physician must be wise, skillful and capable before health will result. His mere knowledge is not health; it must be applied and the remedy carried out.

Abdu’l-Baha,
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
p. 157

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.”

– T. E. Lawrence

“The fulfillment of our personal ambitions in life is very seldom what brings us happiness.  On the contrary, it usually arouses an entire group of new ambitions.  On the other hand, when we immerse ourselves in our duties both as human beings, to our families and our associates, and as Baha’is toward the Cause of God and serving it to the best of our ability in the circumstances in which we find ourselves, we begin to know what happiness means.”

—  Shoghi Effendi

“While the children are yet in their infancy feed them from the breast of heavenly grace, foster them in the cradle of all excellence, rear them in the embrace of bounty.
Give them the advantage of every useful kind of knowledge.
Let them share in every new and rare and wondrous craft and art.
Bring them up to work and strive, and accustom them to hardship.
Teach them to dedicate their lives to matters of great import, and inspire them to undertake studies that will benefit mankind.”

~ Abdu’l-Baha,
Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha,
p. 129

“Imagination is more important than knowledge…”

~ Albert Einstein~

“O ye men of wisdom among nations!
Shut your eyes to estrangement, then fix
your gaze upon unity. Cleave tenaciously
unto that which will lead to the well-being
and tranquillity of all mankind. This span
of earth is but one homeland and one
habitation. It behoveth you to abandon
vainglory which causeth alienation and to
set your hearts on whatever will ensure
harmony. In the estimation of the people
of Baha, man’s glory lieth in his knowledge,
his upright conduct, his praiseworthy character,
his wisdom, and not in his nationality or rank.
O people of the earth! Appreciate the value
of this heavenly word.”

~ Baha’u'llah~

“The difference between the price of gold and the price of fine gold jewelry is like the difference between the price of paint and the price of a Picasso”

~Harold Tivol~