November 17

To each created thing, the Ancient Sovereignty hath portioned out its own perfection, its particular virtue and special excellence, so that each in its degree may become a symbol denoting the sublimity of the true Educator of humankind, and that each, even as a crystalline mirror, may tell of the grace and splendour of the Sun of Truth. 
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (From a Tablet; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Education)