It is the soul of man that has first to be fed. And this
spiritual nourishment prayer can best provide. Laws and institutions, as viewed
by Bahá'u'lláh, can become really effective only when our inner spiritual life
has been perfected and transformed. (From a letter dated 8 December 1935
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, published in
"Bahá'í News" 102, August 1936; The Compilation of Compilations, Vol.
II, The Importance of Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude)
