"Such forces as have their origin in this world of dust are, by their very nature, unworthy of consideration."

"All praise be to God Who hath adorned the world with an ornament, and arrayed it with a vesture, of which it can be despoiled by no earthly power, however mighty its battalions, however vast its wealth, however profound its influence. Say: the essence of all power is God’s, the highest and the last End of all creation. The source of all majesty is God’s, the Object of the adoration of all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth. Such forces as have their origin in this world of dust are, by their very nature, unworthy of consideration."

-Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CLXIII, p. 341