The inscrutable
wisdom of God has so decreed that we, who are the chosen bearers of the world's
greatest Message to suffering humanity, should toil and promote our work under
the most trying conditions of life, amidst unhelpful surroundings, and in the
face of unprecedented trials, and without means, influence or support, achieve,
steadily and surely, the conquest and regeneration of human hearts.
- Shoghi
Effendi (From a letter written to one of the American Spiritual Assemblies in
December 1923; quoted by Ruhiyyih Khanum in ‘The Priceless Pearl’)
