July 4

Say, He Whom God shall make manifest is indeed the Primal Veil of God. Above this Veil ye can find nothing other than God, while beneath it ye can discern all things emanating from God. He is the Unseen, the Inaccessible, the Most Exalted, the Best Beloved. 
(The Báb, excerpt from the Kitab-i-Asma [The Book of Names]; ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)