He is always pleased to see enlightened and capable young
people embrace the Cause, because the world of the near future naturally
belongs to them and the heavy responsibilities of that future must needs fall
on their shoulders. They cannot find a pattern to work by comparable to that
which Bahá'u'lláh has given to the world in this age; the sanity, the justice,
the perfect balance of His system can alone accomplish the next step in Man's
evolution -- the unification of the human race as one family inhabiting this
planet.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 1 July 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to
an individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Youth)
