October 24

Although this may temporarily prove an embarrassment to your work, and a set-back, there is no doubt that it signalizes a step forward in the advance of the Faith; for we know that our beloved Faith must eventually clash with the entrenched orthodoxies of the past; and that this conflict cannot but lead to greater victories, and to ultimate emancipation, recognition and ascendancy. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated 8 April 1951, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to two believers; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Opposition)