Without the study and application of the administration the
teaching of the Cause becomes not only meaningless, but loses in effectiveness
and scope.
- Shoghi Effendi (From letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer, May 31, 1935: Bahá'í News, No. 105, p. 1 February 1937; ‘Directives
from the Guardian’; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
