Create in me a pure heart,

O my God, and renew a tranquil conscience within me, O my Hope!

Through the spirit of power confirm Thou me in Thy Cause, O my Best-Beloved,

and by the light of Thy glory reveal unto me Thy path, O Thou the Goal of my desire!

Through the power of Thy transcendent might lift me up unto the heaven of Thy holiness, O Source of my being,

and by the breezes of Thine eternity gladden me, O Thou Who art my God!

Let Thine everlasting melodies breathe tranquillity on me, O my Companion, and let the riches of Thine ancient countenance deliver me from all except Thee, O my Master,

and let the tidings of the revelation of Thine incorruptible Essence bring me joy,

O Thou Who art the most manifest of the manifest and the most hidden of the hidden!

—Bahá’u’lláh

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"it benefits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God."
- Johannes Kepler