The
friends must be patient with each other and must realize that the Cause is
still in its infancy and its institutions are not yet functioning perfectly.
The greater the patience, the loving understanding and the forbearance the
believers show towards each other and their shortcomings, the greater will be
the progress of the whole Bahá'í community at large. (From a letter dated 27
February 1943 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Living the Life)
