The sciences of today are bridges to reality; if then they
lead not to reality, naught remains but fruitless illusion. By the one true
God! If learning be not a means of access to Him, the Most Manifest, it is
nothing but evident loss.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of
'Abdu'l-Bahá; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Education)
