“真正的损失等待着那在对自己茫然无知中而耗费了他的岁月的人。” （巴哈欧拉，《巴哈欧拉书简集》，155-157 页）

“True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self.”   (“Words of Wisdom--Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas”, pp. 155-157)

“大惑者，终身不解。”   《 庄子.天地》

‘The most lost, ignorant and confused one is the one who does not comprehend and get it together all through his lifelong.’    (From the Book of “Zhuang zi”, chapter of “Tian Di”)

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为了发现宇宙的现实和创造界的神秘，了解自然界与所性质的互相关系，人被赐予了智慧能力和理解的力量。这样获得的知识与理解导致人到达所好的，正确的，值得称赞的。在从事这种发现和学习，也是---既我们人的特权又是责任---认识到自己而承认我们的真是与潜力。每一个人同样的被创造而虽然在各自的差异和特殊程度，全人类都具有巨大的能力和潜在的力量，都需要发现，开发。认识了自己而通过不断思考、学习和行动，渐增地得到于我们生活的目的更深的了解；如此，将会越来越发展而我们的自尊心和自我价值将取得真正的意义。到达这样的实现，踏而行走在这么崇高路径上是人类的卓越和完美的开始。

We humans are gifted with the faculty of intellect and power of comprehension—to discover the realities of the universe and the mysteries of the realm of creation, to understand nature and the interconnected relations of every existent being.  The knowledge and understanding thus acquired leads us to what is good and right.  And as we engage in such discoveries and learning, it is likewise both our privilege and our responsibility to know ourselves and to recognize the realities of our own being.  Each one of us is created with great potential and immense capacities, however diverse in kinds and different in measures, which need to be discovered and developed.  Knowing ourselves and gaining ever-deeper understanding of the purpose of our lives—through continuous contemplation, learning and action—will increasingly develop in us a true sense of self-esteem and self-worth。Attaining to such a realization and treading such a noble path is the beginning of human perfection.               

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