Honesty, virtue, wisdom and a saintly character redound to
the exaltation of man, while dishonesty, imposture, ignorance and hypocrisy
lead to his abasement. By My life! Man’s distinction lieth not in ornaments or
wealth, but rather in virtuous behaviour and true understanding.
(Baha’u’llah,
‘Words of Paradise’; ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
