In the early days of the appearance of our Saviour, virtue
was to save ourselves. When we are once established in our faith, then virtue
is to save others. The three mottoes of education hold true in our case too.
First grow, then become and then contribute. We have developed; we have
established ourselves, and now it is time to contribute to others. We have
inexhaustible capital. The candles of our spiritual lives constantly weep away
their lives in shedding light to the world, but they never become exhausted.
For there is connection between our lives and that of Bahá’u’lláh and our
beloved ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated June 22, 1923, written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; ‘Arohanui: Letter from Shoghi Effendi
to New Zealand’)
