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| Dr. Susan Moody |
These, indeed, are the days when
heroism is needed on the part of the believers. Self-sacrifice, courage,
indomitable hope and confidence are the characteristics they should show forth,
because these very attributes cannot but fix the attention of the public and
lead them to enquire what, in a world so hopelessly chaotic and bewildered, leads
these people to be so assured, so confident, so full of devotion? Increasingly,
as time goes by, the characteristics of the Bahá'ís will be that which captures
the attention of their fellow-citizens. They must show their aloofness from the
hatreds and recriminations which are tearing at the heart of humanity, and
demonstrate by deed and word their profound belief in the future peaceful
unification of the entire human race.
(From a letter dated 26 October 1941
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation
of Compilations, vol. II, Living the Life)
