…the courses of the institute are intended to set the
individual on a path in which qualities and attitudes, skills and abilities,
are gradually acquired through service—service intended to quell the insistent self,
helping to lift the individual out of its confines and placing him or her in a
dynamic process of community building.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 19 April 2013 written
on behalf of the Universal House of Justice)