Indeed if the friends could seek, and exert themselves, to
become 100 percent Bahá'ís they would see how greatly their influence over
others would be increased, and how rapidly the Cause would spread. The world is
seeking not a compromise but the embodiment of a high and shining ideal. The
more the friends live up to our teachings in every aspect of their lives, in
their homes, in business, in their social relationships, the greater will be
the attraction they exercise over the hearts of others.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 23
January 1945 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Living the Life)
