Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Abdul Baha, or ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, born `Abbás Effendí

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

"God has given man the eye of investigation by which he may see and recognize truth. He has endowed man with ears that he may hear the message of reality, and conferred upon him the gift of reason by which he may discover things for himself. Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another’s ears nor comprehend with another’s brain. Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God."

"The happy man is he who lives the life of love, not for the honors it may bring, but for the life itself."