He, indeed, highly deplores the fact that the
representatives of the highest administrative institution in your country have
permitted such differences and misunderstandings to assume such a proportion,
especially when the principles and laws of the Administration have been each
and all clearly and emphatically stated by him in so many communications and
ever since the passing of the Master. Such difficulties, if not checked
immediately and vigorously, can do incalculable harm to the body of the Cause,
and may retard not only the flow but also the effectiveness of its spirit in
the world. If deeply and dispassionately examined the source of all these troubles
and disputes is to be found invariably in feelings of egotism and selfishness.
And unless these poisonous feelings are fully overcome there can be no hope for
the effective working and progress of the administrative machinery of the
Cause. - Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 9 May 1934 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to
an individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Living the
Life)
