Exert every effort to acquire the various branches of knowledge
and true understanding. Strain every nerve to achieve both material and
spiritual accomplishments. Encourage the children from their earliest years to
master every kind of learning, and make them eager to become skilled in every
art -- the aim being that through the favouring grace of God, the heart of each
one may become even as a mirror disclosing the secrets of the universe,
penetrating the innermost reality of all things; and that each may earn
world-wide fame in all branches of knowledge, science and the arts.
Certainly, certainly, neglect not the education of the
children. Rear them to be possessed of spiritual qualities, and be assured of
the gifts and favours of the Lord.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Education)
