We can truly say that this Cause is a cause that enables
people to achieve the impossible! For the Bahá'ís, everywhere, for the most
part, are people with no great distinguishments of either wealth or fame, and
yet once they make the effort and go forth in the name of Bahá'u'lláh to spread
His Faith, they become, each one, as efficacious as a host! Witness what
Mustafa Roumie accomplished in Burma, and a handful of pioneers achieved, in a
decade, in Latin America! It is the quality of devotion and self-sacrifice that
brings rewards in the service of this Faith rather than means, ability or
financial backing.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 11 May 1948 written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand) The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Teaching Among Aboriginal and Indigenous
People)
