Not until the dynamic love we cherish for Him is
sufficiently reflected in its power and purity in all our dealings with our
fellowmen, however remotely connected and humble in origin, can we hope to
exalt in the eyes of a self-seeking world the genuineness of the all-conquering
love of God. Not until we live ourselves the life of a true Bahá’í can we hope
to demonstrate the creative and transforming potency of the Faith we profess.
Nothing but the abundance of our actions, nothing but the purity of our lives
and the integrity of our character, can in the last resort establish our claim
that the Bahá’í spirit is in this day the sole agency that can translate a long
cherished ideal into an enduring achievement.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a message
dated 24 November 1924; ‘Unfolding Destiny’)
