The other evening we went walking in the early autumn farms of nearby Lincoln, during the magic hour.
“Strain every nerve to acquire both inner and outer perfections, for the fruit of the human tree hath ever been and will ever be perfections both within and without. It is not desirable that a man be left without knowledge or skills, for he is then but a barren tree. Then, so much as capacity and capability allow, ye needs must deck the tree of being with fruits such as knowledge, wisdom, spiritual perception and eloquent speech.” –Bahá’u’lláh, From a Tablet – translated from the Persian, appearing in a Compilation on Education.”