The employment that the Bahá'ís accept, the tasks and duties
that they perform, should be of a kind whose benefits accrue to the nation as a
whole and not such as are a means of profit to a small circle of high officials
and a few select individuals. Further, the beloved friends and members of the
Assemblies should, in the manifold circumstances of their lives and in all
their multifarious dealings and pursuits, by their deeds, their bearing and
demeanour, seek to demonstrate to their fellow-countrymen the excellence of
this sacred Cause, to vindicate its truth, and give living testimony to its
potency and the sublimity of its spirit.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 30
October 1924 to a Local Spiritual Assembly - translated from the Persian by
Shoghi Effendi and published in "The Bahá'í World", vol. 2,
"1925-1928"; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I,
Trustworthiness: A Cardinal Bahá'í Virtue)
