As to the process of internal expansion and consolidation
gains momentum, the elected national representatives of this community must not
fail to consecrate themselves to the no less fundamental task of enriching
continually the spiritual life of its members, of deepening their understanding
of the essential verities, tenets and principles underlying their Faith, of
demanding a strict adherence to its laws and statutes, and of setting an example to their fellow-believers through a fuller reflection, in their
personal lives and conduct, of the ennobling truths animating the Revelation of
Bahá'u'lláh. - Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 24 June 1954 to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central America; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, The Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and
Understanding of the Faith)
