In the midst of a civilization torn by strifes and enfeebled
by materialism, the people of Baha are building a new world. We face at this time opportunities and
responsibilities of vast magnitude and great urgency. Let each believer in his inmost heart resolve
not to be seduced by the ephemeral allurements of the society around him, nor
to be drawn into its feuds and short-lived enthusiasms, but instead to transfer
all he can from the old world to that new one which is the vision of his
longing and will be the fruit of his labours.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 18 December 1963; ‘Messages from the Universal House of
Justice 1963-1986’)
