We must take the teachings as a great, balanced whole, not
seek out and oppose to each other two strong statements that have different
meanings; somewhere in between, there are links uniting the two. That is what
makes our Faith so flexible and well balanced. For instance there are
calamities for testing and for punishment—there are also accidents, plain cause
and effect!
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer on 19 March 1946,
quoted in a letter dated 27 April 1995 written on behalf of the Universal House
of Justice to an individual believer)
