"Such academic pursuits as begin and end in words alone have never been and will never be of any worth..."

"…The learned of the day must direct the people to acquire those branches of knowledge which are of use, that both the learned themselves and the generality of mankind may derive benefits therefrom. Such academic pursuits as begin and end in words alone have never been and will never be of any worth. The majority of Persia’s learned doctors devote all their lives to the study of a philosophy the ultimate yield of which is nothing but words."

-Bahá’u’lláh, A Compilation on Bahá’í Education, p. 4