Extracts from the Writings and Utterances of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
The power of the rational soul can discover the realities of things, comprehend the peculiarities of beings, and penetrate the mysteries of existence. All sciences, knowledge, arts, wonders, institutions, discoveries and enterprises come from the exercised intelligence of the rational soul. There was a time when they were unknown, preserved mysteries and hidden secrets; the rational soul gradually discovered them and brought them out from the plane of the invisible and the hidden into the realm of the visible.
Some Answered Questions (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1984) pp. 217-218[34]
The Harvard and MIT Baha'i Associations are student organizations whose memberships are open to all students and faculty of their respective institutions. Their main activities revolve around fellowship and the organization of events that are in line with Baha'i ideals such as the independent investigation of truth, the harmony of religion and science, the equality of men and women, the elimination of all forms of prejudice, the oneness of humanity, and the promotion of world peace and governance. They regularly collaborate with other organizations having similar aims.