45: “And every branch of learning, conjoined with the love of God, is approved…”
And every branch of learning, conjoined with the love of God, is approved
and worthy of praise; but bereft of His love, learning is barren—indeed, it
bringeth on madness. Every kind of knowledge, every science, is as a tree: if
the fruit of it be the love of God, then is it a blessed tree, but if not, that
tree is but dried-up wood, and shall only feed the fire.
(“Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá”, section 154) [45]