... 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)
