August 1

If people only realized it, the inner life of the spirit is that which counts, but they are so blinded by desires and so misled that they have brought upon themselves all the suffering we see at present in the world. The Bahá'ís seek to lead people back to a knowledge of their true selves and the purpose for which they were created, and thus to their greatest happiness and highest good. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a message dated 5 July 24th, 1943, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; ‘High Endeavors: Letters to Alaska’)