Know ye of a certainty that all the treasures of the earth,
all the gold, the silver, and the rare and precious gems they contain, are, in
the sight of God, of His chosen ones and His loved ones, as worthless as a
handful of clay. For erelong all that is
on earth shall perish, and the kingdom will remain unto God, the All-Powerful,
the Incomparable. That which perisheth
can never profit Us, nor can it profit you, were ye but to reflect. - Baha'u'llah (Suriy-i-Muluk [Tablet to the Kings], The Summons of the Lord of
Hosts)
