The world is in great turmoil, and what is most pathetic is
that it has learned to keep away from God, Who alone can save it and alleviate
its sufferings. It is our duty, we who
have been trusted with the task of applying the divine remedy given by
Bahá’u’lláh, to concentrate our attention upon the consummation of this task,
and not rest until the peace foretold by the Prophets of God is permanently
established....- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 9 December 1931 written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi to the Bahá’ís of Tokyo; compilation: ‘Peace’, prepared by the Research
Department of the Universal House of Justice, Revised September 1990; Baha’i
Reference Library of the Baha’i World Center)
