Great love and patience are needed towards new believers,
especially those who have come from very troubled backgrounds, but ultimately
they too have to learn the responsibilities they have taken upon themselves by
accepting Bahá'u'lláh and must uphold the principles that Bahá'u'lláh has
revealed. If they do not do so, how can the condition of mankind be improved?
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 22 July 1981 written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Removal of Administrative
Rights’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice,
1993)
