Indeed when we see the increasing darkness in the world
today we can fully realize that unless the Message of Bahá'u'lláh reaches into
the hearts of men and transforms them, there can be no peace and no spiritual
progress in the future.
His constant hope is that the believers will conduct
themselves, individually and in their Bahá'í Community life, in such a manner
as to attract the attention of others to the Cause. The world is not only
starving for lofty principles and ideals, it is, above all, starving for a
shining example which the Bahá'ís can and must provide.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 22
February 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer;
The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Living the Life)
