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-Bahá (From a Tablet, the Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Excellence in All
Things)
