1: "Knowledge is one of the wondrous gifts of God. It is incumbent
upon..."
Knowledge is one of the wondrous gifts of God. It is incumbent upon
everyone to acquire it. Such arts and material means as are now manifest
have been achieved by virtue of His knowledge and wisdom which have been
revealed in Epistles and Tablets through His Most Exalted Pen--a Pen out of
whose treasury pearls of wisdom and utterance and the arts and crafts of
the world are brought to light.
("Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas" (Wilmette:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1988), p. 39) [1]
2: "Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent.
Its..."
Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its
acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences,
however, should be acquired as can profit the peoples of the earth, and
not those which begin with words and end with words. Great indeed is the
claim of scientists and craftsmen on the peoples of the world.... In
truth, knowledge is a veritable treasure for man, and a source of glory,
of bounty, of joy, of exaltation, of cheer and gladness unto him. Thus
hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken in this Most Great Prison.
("Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas", pp. 51-52) [2]