... the World Civilization which will follow upon the Most Great
Peace will unfold and evolve and gradually perfect itself during following
Dispensations; in other words, a World Civilization and a World Culture, which
will reach its ascendancy in the distant future and is something that will
require many thousands of years to mature.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 23 April 1954, written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol.
III, Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity)
