Surely Shoghi Effendi would like to see you and the other
friends give their whole time and energy to the Cause, for we are in great need
for competent workers, but the home is an institution that Bahá'u'lláh has come
to strengthen and not to weaken. Many unfortunate things have happened in Bahá'í
homes just for neglecting this point. Serve the Cause but also remember your
duties towards your home. It is for you to find the balance and see that
neither makes you neglect the other. We would have many more husbands in the
Cause were the wives more thoughtful and moderate in their Bahá'í activities.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 14 May written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an
individual believer; The Compilation of Compilations, Vol. I, Family Life)
