When the eyes of the people of the East were captivated by
the arts and wonders of the West, they roved distraught in the wilderness of
material causes, oblivious of the One Who is the Causer of Causes, and the
Sustainer thereof, while such men as were the source and the wellspring of
Wisdom never denied the moving Impulse behind these causes, nor the Creator or
the Origin thereof. Thy Lord knoweth, yet most of the people know not.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
