Be not dismayed if
your endeavors are dismissed as utopian by the voices that would oppose any
suggestion of fundamental change. Trust in the capacity of this generation to
disentangle itself from the embroilments of a divided world. To discharge your
responsibilities, you will have to show forth courage, the courage of those who
cling to standards of rectitude, who champion the cause of justice, whose lives
are characterized by purity of thought and action, and whose purpose is
directed by love and indomitable faith.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a message dated 20 July 2000 addressed to the Friends Gathered at the
Youth Conference in Vancouver, 20-24 July 2000)
