Knowledge, purity, devotion, discipline, independence, have
nothing to do with outer appearance and dress. Once in the course of My travels
I heard an eminent personage make the following excellent remark, the wit and
charm of which remain in memory: “Not every cleric’s turban is a proof of
continence and knowledge; not every layman’s hat a sign of ignorance and
immorality. How many a hat has proudly raised the banner of knowledge, how many
a turban pulled down the Law of God!”
('Abdu'l-Bahá,
The Secret of Divine Civilization)
