21: "The Great Being saith: The learned of the day must direct the people
to..."
The Great Being saith: The learned of the day must direct the people to
acquire those branches of knowledge which are of use, that both the
learned themselves and the generality of mankind may derive benefits
therefrom. Such academic pursuits as begin and end in words alone have
never been and will never be of any worth. The majority of Persia's
learned doctors devote all their lives to the study of a philosophy the
ultimate yield of which is nothing but words.
("Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas", p. 169) [21]
22: "True learning is that which is conducive to the well-being of the
world, not..."
True learning is that which is conducive to the well-being of the world,
not to pride and self-conceit, or to tyranny, violence and pillage.
(From a Tablet, translated from the Persian) [22]