He hopes that you will develop into Bahá'ís in character as
well as in belief. The whole purpose of Bahá'u'lláh is that we should become a
new kind of people, people who are upright, kind, intelligent, truthful, and
honest and who live according to His great laws laid down for this new epoch in
man's development. To call ourselves Bahá'ís is not enough, our inmost being
must become ennobled and enlightened through living a Bahá'í life.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a
letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, 25 August 1944 to the Youth
Session, Louhelen School; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Excellence
in All Things)
