The different nations of the world will never attain peace except after recognizing the significance of the teachings and whole-heartedly upholding them for through those precepts all international problems will be solved and every man will secure the spiritual environment in which his soul can evolve and produce its highest fruits.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 15 January 1933 written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; 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)