Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return!

O Son of Spirit! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.

I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.

Religion without science is superstition. Science without religion is materialism.

Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.

Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone.