…speech is the greatest evidence of the worth of the speaker
and guideth unto the recognition of the source of guidance, for no more
complete and enduring proof hath been or will be vouchsafed unto man from the
empyrean of everlasting glory than words and utterance. This, verily, is a
self-evident truth, for the braying of the donkey can never compare with the
cooing of the dove. Never wilt thou hear from the raven the melodies of the
nightingale, nor inhale from the abject beetle the fragrance of eternity. - Baha’u’llah (‘The Call of the Divine Beloved)
