O ye wise men of the City [Constantinople] and philosophers
of the world! Beware lest human learning and wisdom cause you to wax proud
before God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Know ye that true wisdom is
to fear God, to know Him, and to recognize His Manifestations. This wisdom,
however, can be attained only by those who detach themselves from the world,
and who walk in the ways of the good pleasure of their Lord.
- Baha’u’llah (From
Súriy-i-Mulúk; ‘Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
