…the Holy Spirit is the very cause of the life of man; without
the Holy Spirit he would have no intellect, he would be unable to acquire his
scientific knowledge by which his great influence over the rest of creation is
gained. The illumination of the Holy Spirit gives to man the power of thought,
and enables him to make discoveries by which he bends the laws of nature to his
will.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 31 October 1911, Paris, France; ‘Paris
Talks’)
