…each must, in his actions, words and demeanor, represent
the transforming influence of the Teachings of Baha?’u’lla?h, such personal
transformations being the key to the creation of that new race of men and women
promised by the Teachings; indeed, it is only when our “inner lives and private
character” are imbued with the standards of the Faith and are reflected in our
actions that we may truly represent the Cause in the noble purposes for which
it was sent by God through the Blessed Beauty.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated
26 November 1985, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to a
Baha?’i? couple included in a compilation on ‘A New Race of
Men’ prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice and attached to a letter dated 15 September 2013 written on behalf
of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)
