Having created the world and all that liveth and moveth
therein, He, [God] through the direct operation of His unconstrained and sovereign
Will, chose to confer upon man the unique distinction and capacity to know Him
and to love Him -- a capacity that must needs be regarded as the generating
impulse and the primary purpose underlying the whole of creation....
- Baha'u'llah (Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha'u'llah)
