From the exalted source, and out of the essence of His favour and bounty He hath entrusted every created thing with a sign of His knowledge, so that none of His creatures may be deprived of its share in expressing, each according to its capacity and rank, this knowledge. This sign is the mirror of His beauty in the world of creation . . . (Baha'u'llah, ‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah’; compilation ‘Psychology and Knowledge of Self, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
