June 19
The purpose of learning should be the
promotion of the welfare of the people, and this can be achieved through
crafts. It hath been revealed and is now repeated that the true worth of
artists and craftsmen should be appreciated, for they advance the affairs of
mankind. Just as the foundations of religion are made firm through the Law of
God, the means of livelihood depend upon those who are engaged in arts and
crafts. 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. (Bahá'u'lláh, The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. III, Social and Economic Development)
