Divorce should be avoided most strictly by the believers,
and only under rare and urgent circumstances be resorted to. Modern society is
criminally lax as to the sacred nature of marriage, and the believers must
combat this trend assiduously.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 5 January 1948 written on
behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation of
Compilations vol. I, Divorce)
