It is always gratifying to learn of the splendid effects
which the teachings of the Cause inevitably bring in the hearts and minds of
young Bahá'í men and women and to witness their eagerness to mould and shape
their entire living according to the divine teachings bequeathed to the world
by Bahá'u'lláh. For the Bahá'í youth constitute the main active element in the
Cause. Theirs is the duty not only to study and to spread the Teachings but to
put them into actual practice. It is hoped that you will increasingly mirror
forth the beauty and the power of the principles of the Faith and will become
shining examples to every Bahá'í whose sole aim in life is to scale the heights
which Bahá'u'lláh has summoned His followers to attain.
(From a letter dated 5
August 1933 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Youth)
